2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
# 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and top three teams from 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier. This tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Initially, Pakistan was sole host for the tournament but India and BCCI refused to send Indian players to Pakistan. Following the increasing political tensions between India and Pakistan, ACC announced that Sri Lanka would be the co-host whilst India's matches and knockout stage will be played there. The U-23 teams from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals. Sri Lanka's U-23 defeated India U-23 by 3 runs in the final to win the tournament.

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| India U23 | Pakistan U23 |
| Sri Lanka U23 | Bangladesh U23 |
| Afghanistan U23 | Hong Kong (2018 Asia Cup Qualifier) (1st) |
| United Arab Emirates (2018 Asia Cup Qualifier) (2nd) | Oman (2018 Asia Cup Qualifier) (3rd) |

## Squads

| Afghanistan U23 | Bangladesh U23 | Hong Kong | India U23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Najibullah Zadran (c) Azmatullah Omarzai Darwish Rasooli Fazal Haque Ibrahim Zadran Ihsan Janat Ikram Ali Khil (wk) Karim Janat Nasir Jamal Qais Ahmad Rahmanullah Gurbaz Shahidullah Wafadar Momand Zahir Khan Zia-ur-Rehman | Nurul Hasan (c & wk) Mosaddek Hossain Najmul Hossain Shanto Mizanur Rahman Shafiul Islam Zakir Hasan Saif Hassan Yasir Ali Tanvir Islam Afif Hossain Naeem Hasan Shoriful Islam Qazi Onik Mohor Sheikh Khaled Ahmed | Aizaz Khan (c) Aftab Hussain Arshad Mohammad Babar Hayat Ehsan Khan Ehsan Nawaz Hamed Khan Mohammad Ghazanfar Mohammad Hassan Nizakat Khan Raag Kapur Shahid Wasif (wk) Tanveer Ahmed Tanwir Afzal Waqas Khan | Jayant Yadav (c) Ankush Bains (wk) Siddharth Desai Ruturaj Gaikwad Himmat Singh Deepak Hooda Mayank Markande Shams Mulani Prabhsimran Singh (wk) Prasidh Krishna Ankit Rajpoot Nitish Rana Atit Sheth Shivam Mavi Atharwa Taide |
| Oman | Pakistan U23 | Sri Lanka U23 | United Arab Emirates |
| Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Twinkal Bhandari Aqib Ilyas Bilal Khan Nestor Dhamba Fayyaz Butt Jatinder Singh Jay Odedra Kaleemullah Khawar Ali Ajay Lalcheta Moonamchery Michal Mohammad Nadeem Suraj Kumar Wasim Ali | Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk) Sahibzada Farhan Zeeshan Malik Ali Imran Hussain Talat Saad Ali Khushdil Shah Saud Shakil Ashiq Ali Muhammad Asghar Ghulam Mudassar Sameen Gul Musa Khan Mohammad Ilyas Suleman Shafqat | Charith Asalanka (c) Shammu Ashan Kamindu Mendis Avishka Fernando Hasitha Boyagoda Sandun Weerakkody Asela Gunaratne Nishan Madushka Jeffrey Vandersay Lasith Ambuldeniya Nishan Peiris Shehan Madushanka Asitha Fernando Jehan Daniel Chamika Karunaratne | Rohan Mustafa (c) Muhammad Naveed Ashfaq Ahmed Fahad Nawaz Rameez Shahzad Shaiman Anwar Muhammad Usman Muhammad Boota Ghulam Shabber (wk) Imran Haider Tahir Latif Ahmed Raza Amir Hayat Zahoor Khan Qadeer Ahmed |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | India U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.928 | Advanced to knockouts |
| 2 | Sri Lanka U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.673 | Advanced to knockouts |
| 3 | Afghanistan U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.228 | |
| 4 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.820 | |

* 7 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Sri Lanka U23 324/5 (50 overs) | v | Oman 215/8 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Hasitha Boyagoda 80 (94) Jay Odedra 3/47 (10 overs) | | Jatinder Singh 36 (59) Shammu Ashan 2/34 (10 overs) |

* Sri Lanka U23 won by 109 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* Sri Lanka U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| India U23 281/8 (50 overs) | v | Afghanistan U23 207 (44.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Deepak Hooda 105 (103) Fazal Haque 3/54 (9 overs) | | Karim Janat 58 (88) Jayant Yadav 3/37 (10 overs) |

* India U23 won by 74 runs Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* Afghanistan U23 won the toss and elected to field.
* Prabhsimran Singh (India U23) made his List A debut.
* 8 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Afghanistan U23 210 (47.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka U23 211/9 (49.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Karim Janat 68 (99) Lasith Embuldeniya 3/35 (10 overs) | | Kamindu Mendis 71 (98) Zia-ur-Rehman 3/33 (10 overs) |

* Sri Lanka U23 won by 1 wicket Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
* Afghanistan U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Oman 203 (44.2 overs) | v | India U23 206/4 (41.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Aqib Ilyas 117 (122) Mayank Markande 4/41 (10 overs) | | Ankush Bains 83 (98) Jay Odedra 3/38 (10 overs) |

* India U23 won by 6 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Sri Lanka U23 260/7 (50 overs) | v | India U23 261/6 (47.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Avishka Fernando 80 (106) Shivam Mavi 3/62 (10 overs) | | Himmat Singh 126* (140) Kamindu Mendis 3/51 (9 overs) |

* India U23 won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
* Sri Lanka U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Afghanistan U23 252 (49.1 overs) | v | Oman 140 (39.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Najibullah Zadran 83 (67) Kaleemullah 3/39 (9.1 overs) | | Moonamchery Michal 54 (71) Karim Janat 2/9 (4 overs) |

* Afghanistan U23 won by 112 runs Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
* Afghanistan U23 won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pakistan U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.389 | Advanced to knockouts |
| 2 | Bangladesh U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.100 | Advanced to knockouts |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.449 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2.530 | |

* 6 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| Pakistan U23 366/3 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 141 (34 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sahibzada Farhan 130 (125) Aizaz Khan 2/92 (9 overs) | | Shahid Wasif 59 (81) Mohammad Ilyas 5/35 (7 overs) |

* Pakistan U23 won by 225 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Izatullah Safi (Afg) Player of the match: Mohammad Ilyas (Pakistan U23)
* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| United Arab Emirates 267 (49.4 overs) | v | Bangladesh U23 170 (36.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ghulam Shabber 52 (57) Shoriful Islam 4/55 (10 overs) | | Mizanur Rahman 43 (62) Imran Haider 4/35 (7 overs) |

* United Arab Emirates won by 97 runs Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| United Arab Emirates 233/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan U23 235/1 (39 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ashfaq Ahmed 69 (89) Ashiq Ali 3/34 (10 overs) | | Hussain Talat 116* (109) Ahmed Raza 1/44 (9 overs) |

* Pakistan U23 won by 9 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
* Pakistan U23 won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| Bangladesh U23 286/8 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 258/7 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mosaddek Hossain 100 (86) Aizaz Khan 3/62 (9 overs) | | Nizakat Khan 92 (95) Mosaddek Hossain 2/23 (4 overs) |

* Bangladesh U23 won by 28 runs Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin (Pak) and Mohammad Sajid (Pak)
* Bangladesh U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
* 9 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| Bangladesh U23 309/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan U23 225 (46.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mosaddek Hossain 85* (74) Khushdil Shah 3/48 (9 overs) | | Khushdil Shah 61 (58) Nayeem Hasan 3/36 (10 overs) |

* Bangladesh U23 won by 84 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Izatullah Safi (Afg) Player of the match: Mosaddek Hossain (Bangladesh U23)
* Bangladesh U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
* Suleman Shafqat (Pakistan U23) made his List A debut.
* 9 December 2018 09:30 Scorecard

| Hong Kong 87/4 (31 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates |
| - | - | - |
| Babar Hayat 45* (86) Ahmed Raza 1/12 (7 overs) | | |

* No result Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.

## Knockouts

### Semi finals

* 1st Semi final 13 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Pakistan U23 172 (44.4 overs) | v | India U23 178/3 (27.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammad Rizwan 67 (95) Mayank Markande 4/34 (9.4 overs) | | Nitish Rana 60* (60) Khushdil Shah 1/31 (5 overs) |

* India U23 won by 7 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* India U23 won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Semi final 13 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Bangladesh U23 237 (49.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka U23 241/6 (48.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mizanur Rahman 72 (95) Chamika Karunaratne 4/31 (8.1 overs) | | Kamindu Mendis 91* (88) Shoriful Islam 2/50 (9.2 overs) |

* Sri Lanka U23 won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
* Sri Lanka U23 won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 15 December 2018 09:45 Scorecard

| Sri Lanka U23 270/7 (50 overs) | v | India U23 267/9 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kamindu Mendis 61 (55) Ankit Rajpoot 2/61 (10 overs) | | Jayant Yadav 71 (85) Asela Gunaratne 3/38 (7 overs) |

* Sri Lanka U23 won by 3 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Tavir Ahmed (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka U23)
* Sri Lanka U23 won the toss and elected to bat.
