2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup

2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup
Official logo for 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup
Dates27 January – 11 February 2024
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockouts
Host(s) Thailand
Champions Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up Cambodia
Participants10
Matches22
Player of the seriesCambodia Luqman Butt
Most runsCambodia Luqman Butt (245)
Most wicketsCambodia Sharwan Godara (12)
Cambodia Utkarsh Jain (12)
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The 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, the second edition of the ACC Men's Challenger Cup, was played in Thailand in January and February 2024.[1] All of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status, and the tournament was a part of the qualification pathway for the 2025 Asia Cup.[2]

Cambodia and Saudi Arabia qualified for the Premier Cup by winning their respective semi-final matches.[3][4] Singapore beat Japan by 8 wickets in the third-place play-off.[5] Saudi Arabia beat Cambodia by 5 wickets in the final.[6] The victory meant that Saudi Arabia retained the trophy,[7] having won the 50-over format tournament in 2023.[8]

Squads

 Bhutan[9]  Cambodia  China  Indonesia  Japan[10]
  • Thinley Jamtsho (c)
  • Ranjung Mikyo Dorji (vc)
  • Manoj Adhikari (wk)
  • Namgang Chejay (wk)
  • Jigme Dorji
  • Karma Dorji
  • Sherab Loday
  • Tashi Phuntsho
  • Suprit Pradhan
  • Tenjin Rabgey
  • Namgay Thinley
  • Ngawang Thinley
  • Tenzin Wangchuk
  • Sonam Yeshey
  • Luqman Butt (c)
  • Manish Sharma (vc)
  • Etienne Beukes
  • Phon Bunthean
  • Sharwan Godara
  • Lakshit Gupta
  • Uday Hathinjar (wk)
  • Utkarsh Jain
  • Gulam Murtaza
  • Anish Prasad
  • Chanthoeun Rathanak
  • Te Senglong
  • Ram Sharan
  • Salvin Stanly
  • Pel Vannak (wk)
  • Wei Guo Lei (c, wk)
  • Wu Jiaqi
  • Deng Jinqi
  • Huang Junjie (wk)
  • Zou Kui
  • Ma Qiancheng
  • Xie Qiulai (wk)
  • Tian Sen Qun
  • Luo Shilin
  • Zhao Tianle
  • Qiu Yingjie
  • Zong Yuechao
  • Zhuang Zelin
  • Chen Zhuo Yue
  • Kadek Gamantika (c)
  • Ketut Artawan
  • Gede Arta
  • Ferdinando Banunaek
  • Danilson Hawoe
  • Dharma Kesuma (wk)
  • Maxi Koda
  • Gede Priandana
  • Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy
  • Ahmad Ramdoni (wk)
  • Dhanesh Shetty
  • Padmakar Surve
  • Anjar Tadarus
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)
  • Koji Abe
  • Ryan Drake
  • Charles Hinze
  • 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[11]  Myanmar  Saudi Arabia[12]  Singapore  Thailand
  • Hassan Rasheed (c)
  • Umar Adam
  • Ismail Ali
  • Mohamed Azzam (wk)
  • Azyan Farhath
  • Ibrahim Hassan
  • Shaof Hassan (wk)
  • Mohamed Ishmath
  • Nazwan Ismail
  • Adam Khalaf
  • Rasheed Rassam
  • Ibrahim Rizan
  • Kaushal Rodrigo
  • Mohamed Sanoor
  • 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
  • Hisham Sheikh (c)
  • Ishtiaq Ahmad
  • Manan Ali (wk)
  • Atif-Ur-Rehman
  • Haseeb Ghafoor (wk)
  • Usman Khalid
  • Faisal Khan
  • Zuhair Muhammad
  • Usman Najeeb
  • Shahzaib
  • Waji Ul Hassan
  • Waqar Ul Hassan
  • Abdul Waheed
  • Imran Yousaf
  • Austin Lazarus (c)
  • Chaloemwong Chatphaisan
  • Jandre Coetzee
  • Phanuwat Desungnoen
  • Daniel Jacobs
  • Sarawut Maliwan
  • Khanitson Namchaikul
  • Narawit Nuntarach
  • Chanchai Pengkumta
  • Robert Raina
  • Yodsak Saranonnakkun
  • Nopphon Senamontree
  • Phiriyapong Suanchuai (wk)
  • Mukesh Thakur
  • Akshaykumar Yadav (wk)

Qualifier stage

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Cambodia 2 2 0 0 4 4.269 Advanced to the group stage
2  Myanmar 2 1 1 0 2 −1.353 Advanced to the 9th place play-off
3  China 2 0 2 0 0 −2.415
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]

Fixtures

27 January 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Myanmar 
72/8 (20 overs)
v
 Cambodia
74/3 (9.1 overs)
Pyae Phyo Wai 16 (15)
Utkarsh Jain 3/21 (4 overs)
Luqman Butt 43* (29)
Ko Ko Lin Thu 1/9 (3 overs)
Cambodia won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
  • Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
28 January 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Cambodia 
130/5 (20 overs)
v
 China
37 (15.2 overs)
Etienne Beukes 33* (25)
Zong Yuechao 2/19 (4 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 14 (25)
Sharwan Godara 4/5 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 93 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Sharwan Godara (Cam)
  • Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Huang Junjie (Chn) made his T20I debut.
29 January 2024
09:30
Scorecard
China 
74 (19.3 overs)
v
 Myanmar
75/9 (19.3 overs)
Zong Yuechao 19* (25)
Htet Lin Aung 3/16 (4 overs)
Paing Danu 14 (18)
Chen Zhuo Yue 3/7 (4 overs)
Myanmar won by 1 wicket
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Htet Lin Aung (Mya)
  • Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Xie Qiulai (Chn) made his T20I debut.

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 3 0 0 6 4.282 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Cambodia 3 2 1 0 4 −1.140
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 0 2 −1.264 Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4  Bhutan 3 0 3 0 0 −1.674 Advanced to the 7th place play-off
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]

Fixtures

1 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia 
192/6 (20 overs)
v
 Cambodia
104 (19.3 overs)
Abdul Waheed 99 (58)
Salvin Stanly 2/8 (1 over)
Lakshit Gupta 24 (20)
Imran Yousaf 3/16 (3.3 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 88 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Abdul Waheed (Sau)
  • Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Waji Ul Hassan (Sau) made his T20I debut.
1 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Indonesia 
132/7 (20 overs)
v
 Bhutan
116 (19.4 overs)
Anjar Tadarus 36 (29)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/22 (4 overs)
Suprit Pradhan 28 (20)
Maxi Koda 2/12 (4 overs)
Indonesia won by 16 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv)
Player of the match: Anjar Tadarus (Idn)
  • Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
3 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Bhutan 
89 (18.5 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
93/2 (11 overs)
Ranjung Mikyo Dorji 22 (22)
Usman Khalid 4/6 (2 overs)
Haseeb Ghafoor 47* (40)
Thinley Jamtsho 1/14 (2 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Khalid (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zuhair Muhammad (Sau) made his T20I debut.
3 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Indonesia 
127/6 (20 overs)
v
 Cambodia
132/4 (19.2 overs)
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 54 (41)
Gulam Murtaza 3/33 (4 overs)
Luqman Butt 52 (48)
Ferdinando Banunaek 2/20 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 6 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
  • Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
5 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia 
185/4 (20 overs)
v
 Indonesia
103/9 (20 overs)
Faisal Khan 77 (60)
Gede Arta 3/35 (4 overs)
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 27 (19)
Hisham Sheikh 3/16 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 82 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shahzaib (Sau) made his T20I debut.
5 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Cambodia 
174/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bhutan
164/6 (20 overs)
Uday Hathinjar 68 (45)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/38 (4 overs)
Thinley Jamtsho 66* (34)
Sharwan Godara 2/15 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 10 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
Player of the match: Uday Hathinjar (Cam)
  • Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Singapore 3 2 1 0 4 1.015 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Japan 3 2 1 0 4 0.900
3  Thailand 3 2 1 0 4 0.810 Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4  Maldives 3 0 3 0 0 −3.054 Advanced to the 7th place play-off
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]

Fixtures

2 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
199/4 (20 overs)
v
 Maldives
158/8 (20 overs)
Surendran Chandramohan 82 (55)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/42 (4 overs)
Ismail Ali 33 (17)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 3/19 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 41 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Surendran Chandramohan (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohamed Ishmath (Mdv) and Sachin Banamali (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
2 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Japan 
166/6 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
120 (16.5 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 74 (48)
Chanchai Pengkumta 2/28 (4 overs)
Chaloemwong Chatphaisan 31 (12)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 6/26 (3.5 overs)
Japan won by 46 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Jpn)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Austin Lazarus, Mukesh Thakur (Tha) and Koji Abe (Jpn) all made their T20I debuts.
4 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
115/9 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
116/3 (18.1 overs)
Avi Dixit 23 (23)
Mukesh Thakur 4/23 (4 overs)
Chaloemwong Chatphaisan 70* (53)
Avi Dixit 2/14 (4 overs)
Thailand won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Geda Suda Arsa (Idn) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Chaloemwong Chatphaisan (Tha)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
4 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Japan 
150/8 (20 overs)
v
 Maldives
108 (18.4 overs)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (22)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/27 (4 overs)
Umar Adam 40 (26)
Makoto Taniyama 3/12 (2.4 overs)
Japan won by 42 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Charles Hinze and Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Jpn) both made their T20I debuts.
6 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
176/5 (20 overs)
v
 Japan
142/8 (20 overs)
Anish Paraam 92* (58)
Piyush Kumbhare 2/13 (4 overs)
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 35 (27)
Avi Dixit 3/27 (4 overs)
Singapore won 34 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Anish Paraam (Sin)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.
6 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Maldives 
127/7 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
128/2 (9.4 overs)
Azyan Farhath 66* (56)
Nopphon Senamontree 2/16 (4 overs)
Akshaykumar Yadav 66* (28)
Umar Adam 2/40 (3.4 overs)
Thailand won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

9th place play-off

30 January 2024
09:30
Scorecard
China 
129/4 (20 overs)
v
 Myanmar
82/9 (20 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 70 (61)
Myat Thu Aung 1/13 (3 overs)
Paing Danu 19 (32)
Ma Qiancheng 5/9 (4 overs)
China won by 47 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)

5th place play-off

7 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
131/8 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
132/3 (17.2 overs)
Padmakar Surve 46 (44)
Jandre Coetzee 3/9 (4 overs)
Akshaykumar Yadav 49 (36)
Gede Arta 1/19 (4 overs)
Thailand won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Dorji Loday (Bhu) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to field.

7th place play-off

7 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Maldives 
137/8 (20 overs)
v
 Bhutan
105 (18.2 overs)
Azyan Farhath 43 (45)
Tenzin Wangchuk 2/24 (4 overs)
Jigme Dorji 30 (31)
Ibrahim Hassan 4/12 (3.2 overs)
Maldives won by 32 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Azyan Farhath (Mdv)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1  Saudi Arabia 98/0 (9)
B2  Japan 97/8 (20)
A1  Saudi Arabia 151/5 (17.3)
A2  Cambodia 147/5 (20)
A2  Cambodia 113/4 (14.5)
B1  Singapore 109 (20) 3rd place play-off
B2  Japan 215/3 (20)
B1  Singapore 216/2 (19.2)

Semi-finals

9 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Japan 
97/8 (20 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
98/0 (9 overs)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (21)
Usman Najeeb 3/13 (4 overs)
Faisal Khan 72* (33)
Saudi Arabia won by 10 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Najeeb (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
9 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Singapore 
109 (20 overs)
v
 Cambodia
113/4 (14.5 overs)
Raoul Sharma 39 (34)
Ram Sharan 3/14 (4 overs)
Ram Sharan 61* (46)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/17 (3 overs)
Cambodia won by 6 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Ram Sharan (Cam)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd place play-off

11 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Japan 
215/3 (20 overs)
v
 Singapore
216/2 (19.2 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (42)
Harsha Bharadwaj 1/30 (3 overs)
Aritra Dutta 122 (63)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 1/22 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Aritra Dutta (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Aritra Dutta (Sin) scored his first century in men's T20Is.[15]

Final

11 February 2024
13:50
Scorecard
Cambodia 
147/5 (20 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
151/5 (17.3 overs)
Luqman Butt 80* (53)
Hisham Sheikh 2/25 (4 overs)
Hisham Sheikh 47* (41)
Utkarsh Jain 2/34 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 5 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Hisham Sheikh (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

Final standings

Position Team Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia Qualified for 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup
2  Cambodia
3  Singapore
4  Japan
5  Thailand
6  Indonesia
7  Maldives
8  Bhutan
9  China
10  Myanmar

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