The 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup was the second edition of the ACC Men's Challenger Cup, hosted by the Cricket Association of Thailand from 27 January to 11 February 2024. Ten associate teams competed in 22 matches at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok, Thailand. The defending champions (in 50-over format), Saudi Arabia defeated Cambodia in the final, to win their first title in the 20-over format. Both teams advanced to the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup.
Background The ACC Men's Challenger Cup is a biennial international cricket competition in limited overs cricket format (an alternating format of 50-overs and 20-overs cricket), organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) since its inauguration in 2023. The competition is played by the associate members of the ACC, with the top teams advancing to the ACC Men's Premier Cup to determine qualification for the Asia Cup and the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Saudi Arabia were the defending champions having won the 2023 edition in 50-over format.
Format Top 7 teams in the total 10 qualified teams based on the ICC T20I rankings directly proceeded to the group stage, while the bottom 3 teams played in a play-in qualifier stage in round-robin format for 3 matches; with the top team advancing to the group stage. In the group stage, 8 teams were divided into two groups of four teams each, with each team playing each of the other teams in the group once in a round-robin format for 12 matches, and the top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final. Three consolation play-offs were also played by the bottom 6 teams. In the 2024 tournament, all the matches were played in 20-over format with international status as Twenty20 International (T20I).
Teams The top 8 associate teams based on the ICC T20I rankings directly qualified for the Premier Cup, while the next ranked 8 teams: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand played in the Challenger Cup.
Venue
All 22 matches of the tournament were played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok, Thailand. Select the specific edition of the event in the first dropdown menu.
Squads Following squads were announced for the tournament: Bhutan: Manoj Adhikari (wk), Namgang Chejay (wk), Jigme Dorji, Karma Dorji, Ranjung Dorji, Thinley Jamtsho (c), Sherab Loday, Tashi Phuntsho, Suprit Pradhan, Tenjin Rabgey, Namgay Thinley, Ngawang Thinley, Tenzin Wangchuk, Sonam Yeshey, Cambodia: Etienne Beukes, Phon Bunthean, Luqman Butt (c), Sharwan Godara, Lakshit Gupta, Uday Hathinjar (wk), Utkarsh Jain, Gulam Murtaza, Anish Prasad, Chanthoeun Rathanak, Te Senglong, Ram Sharan, Manish Sharma, Salvin Stanly, Pel Vannak (wk) China: Wu Jiaqi, Deng Jinqi, Huang Junjie (wk), Zou Kui, Wei Guo Lei (c, wk), Ma Qiancheng, Xie Qiulai (wk), Tian Sen Qun, Luo Shilin, Zhao Tianle, Qiu Yingjie, Zong Yuechao, Zhuang Zelin, Chen Zhuo Yue Indonesia: Ketut Artawan, Gede Arta, Ferdinando Banunaek, Kadek Gamantika (c), Danilson Hawoe, Dharma Kesuma (wk), Maxi Koda, Gede Priandana, Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy, Ahmad Ramdoni (wk), Dhanesh Shetty, Padmakar Surve, Anjar Tadarus Japan: Koji Abe, Ryan Drake, Charles Hinze, Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c), Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Piyush Kumbhare, Wataru Miyauchi (wk), Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk), Declan Suzuki-McComb, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake Maldives: Umar Adam, Ismail Ali, Mohamed Azzam (wk), Azyan Farhath, Ibrahim Hassan, Shaof Hassan (wk), Mohamed Ishmath, Nazwan Ismail, Adam Khalaf, Hassan Rasheed (c), Rasheed Rassam, Ibrahim Rizan, Kaushal Rodrigo, Mohamed Sanoor Myanmar: Htet Lin Aung (c), Myat Thu Aung, Thuya Aung, Khin Aye (wk), Paing Danu, Nay Lin Htun, Aung Ko Ko, Swann Htet Ko Ko (wk), Kaung Htet Kyaw, Htet Lin Oo, Nyein Cham Soe, Ko Ko Lin Thu, Ye Naing Tun (wk), Pyae Phyo Wai, Sai Htet Wai Saudi Arabia: Ishtiaq Ahmad, Manan Ali (wk), Atif-Ur-Rehman, Haseeb Ghafoor (wk), Usman Khalid, Faisal Khan, Zuhair Muhammad, Usman Najeeb, Shahzaib, Hisham Sheikh (c), Waji Ul Hassan, Waqar Ul Hassan, Abdul Waheed, Imran Yousaf Singapore: Sachin Banamali, Harsha Bharadwaj, Surendran Chandramohan, Aman Desai (wk), Avi Dixit, Aritra Dutta (c), Rezza Gaznavi, Ramesh Kalimuthu, Amartya Kaul, Anish Paraam, Akshay Puri, Rohan Rangarajan, Raoul Sharma, Ishaan Swaney Thailand: Chaloemwong Chatphaisan, Jandre Coetzee, Phanuwat Desungnoen, Daniel Jacobs, Austin Lazarus (c), Sarawut Maliwan, Khanitson Namchaikul, Narawit Nuntarach, Chanchai Pengkumta, Robert Raina, Yodsak Saranonnakkun, Nopphon Senamontree, Phiriyapong Suanchuai (wk), Mukesh Thakur, Akshaykumar Yadav (wk)
Qualifier stage The play-in qualifier stage featured 3 matches played from 27 to 29 January 2024. The top team, Cambodia advanced to the group stage, while the bottom two teams, Myanmar and China played in a 9th place play-off match on 30 January.
Qualifier fixtures
9th place play-off
Group stage In the group stage, two groups of four teams played in a round-robin format for a total of 12 matches from 1 to 6 February 2024. The top two teams from each group: Saudi Arabia and Cambodia from group A and Singapore and Japan from group B advanced to the knockout stage, while the bottom four teams: Indonesia and Bhutan from group A and Thailand and Maldives from group B played in 5th and 7th place play-off matches on 7 February.
Group A Group B
Group A
Group B
Place play-offs
Knockout stage The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals played on 9 February and a 3rd place play-off and a final played on 11 February. The top two teams (winners of the semi-finals / finalists): Saudi Arabia and Cambodia qualified for the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup.
Bracket
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Semi-finals
3rd place play-off
Final
See also
2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup
References
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