2023 Men's T20 World Cup Asia regional final
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| Dates | 30 October – 5 November 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockouts |
| Host | Nepal |
| Champions |  Oman |
| Runners-up |  Nepal |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Aqib Ilyas |
| Most runs | Kushal Bhurtel (185)[1] |
| Most wickets | Bilal Khan (11)[2] |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3][4] The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Asia was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[5][6][7]
The Asia regional final was hosted by Cricket Association of Nepal from 30 October to 5 November 2023.[8] Oman and Nepal qualified for the T20 World Cup after winning the semi-finals and advancing to the final.[9] Oman's Aqib Ilyas was named player of the series while Nepal's Kushal Bhurtel scored the most runs (185) and Oman's Bilal Khan took the most wickets (11) in the tournament.
Teams and qualification
A total of 9 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into two events with four/five teams competing in each event. The top sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined United Arab Emirates who received a bye due to their participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Bahrain, Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman and Singapore who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup | 13 November 2022 | Australia | 1 |
 United Arab Emirates
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| 2022 global qualifier A | 24 February 2022 | Oman | 3 |
 Bahrain
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| Nepal
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| Oman
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| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 2 |
 Hong Kong
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 Singapore
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| Sub-regional qualifier A | 28 September – 5 October 2023 | Qatar | 1 |
 Kuwait
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| Sub-regional qualifier B | 26 July – 1 August 2023 | Malaysia | 1 |
 Malaysia
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| Total | 8 |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Oman
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.983 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Nepal
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.729 | |
| 3 | Malaysia
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.187 | |
| 4 | Singapore
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.936 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]
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Kushal Bhurtel 74 (48)
Akshay Puri 1/28 (3 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aryaveer Chaudhary, Ramesh Kalimuthu and Thilip Thilappan (Sin) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pratik Athavale (Oma) made his T20I debut.
- Virandeep Singh (Mas) became the first player from an associate nation to score 2,000 runs in T20Is.[19][20]
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- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
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Ahmad Faiz 71 (41)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/48 (4 overs) |
Aritra Dutta 53 (31)
Muhammad Amir 5/16 (3 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Harsha Bharadwaj and Aaryan Menon (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
- Muhammad Amir (Mas) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[21]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.445 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Bahrain
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.398 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.433 | |
| 4 | Kuwait
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.649 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
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Imran Anwar 37 (25)
Shiraz Khan 2/22 (4 overs) |
Usman Patel 64 (34)
Ali Dawood 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected field.
Knockout Stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Oman
| 109/0 (14.2 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | Bahrain
| 106/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SF1W | Oman
| 184/9 (20 overs) 21/0 (Super Over) | |||||||
| SF2W | Nepal
| 184/6 (20 overs) 10/1 (Super Over) | |||||||
| B1 | United Arab Emirates
| 134/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Nepal
| 135/2 (17.1 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Super Over: Oman 21/0, Nepal 10/1.
References
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- ^ "KCC Board President Haider Farman hosted a special get together to wish all the luck to the Kuwait National National Men's Team led by Captain Aslam Mnm Aslam which is all set to depart later this evening to Kathmandu (Nepal) on a dream journey of a potential spot in the ICC - International Cricket Council T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in the West Indies and the US in June 2024". Kuwait Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Facebook.
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External links
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