The 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup was the second edition of ACC Premier Cup, took place in April 2024.[1] It served as the final stage of qualification for the 2025 Asia Cup Tournament.[2][3] UAE won the tournament by defeating Oman in the final, and thus qualified for the 2025 Asia Cup. It featured the 8 highest-ranked ACC associate members who were joined by two finalists from 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup.[4]
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| Dates | 12 – 21 April 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Oman |
| Champions |  United Arab Emirates (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Oman |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Player of the series | Muhammad Waseem |
| Most runs | Alishan Sharafu (278) |
| Most wickets | Aqib Ilyas (12) |
Cambodia and Saudi Arabia qualified for the tournament after finishing as the top two teams in the 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup.[5][6] Nepal were the defending champions, having won the 2023 edition (which was a One Day International tournament).[7]
Teams and qualifications
editFollowing teams were qualified for the tournament.
| Means of qualification | Venue | Nos. | Teams |
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| ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings | — | 8 | |
| 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup |  Thailand
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| Total | 10 |
Squads
editGroup stage
editThe 10 participating nations were divided into two groups, with top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.[17]
Group A
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Nepal
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.557 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 |  Hong Kong
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.128 | |
| 3 |  Qatar
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.453 | |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.306 | |
| 5 |  Malaysia
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.918 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]
Fixtures
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nazmus Sakib (Mas) made his T20I debut.
- Rohit Paudel (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[19]
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) hit six sixes in one over, off the bowling of Kamran Khan,[20] becoming the third cricketer to achieve this in T20Is.[21]
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Waji Ul Hassan 40 (29)
Virandeep Singh 3/20 (3.1 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmad Raza (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Abdul Waheed 77 (51)
Ehsan Khan 3/31 (4 overs) |
Nizakat Khan 73 (51)
Zain Ul Abidin 3/16 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Raunaq Kapur (HK) made his T20I debut.
- Faisal Khan (Sau) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[22]
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
- Aasif Sheikh (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[23]
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Ahmad Faiz 38 (22)
Himanshu Rathod 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
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Muhammad Tanveer 43 (44)
Usman Khalid 2/11 (4 overs) |
Waji Ul Hassan 57 (40)
Gayan Munaweera 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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Abdul Waheed 37 (16)
Abinash Bohara 2/15 (2 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
Group B
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Oman
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.149 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates (Q)
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.772 | |
| 3 |  Kuwait
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.569 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.031 | |
| 5 |  Cambodia
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.903 |
Fixtures
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Aqib Ilyas 62 (53)
Abdul Majid 1/12 (2 overs) |
Imran Ali 50 (34)
Bilal Khan 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected field.
- Muhammad Farooq and Vishnu Sukumaran (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
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Ram Sharan 30 (30)
Shahrukh Quddus 1/22 (3 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asanka Gunarathne and Vimukthi Viraj (Cam) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- Syed Haider (UAE) made his T20I debut.
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Naseem Khushi 69 (27)
Sharwan Godara 2/25 (2 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
- Aqib Ilyas (Oma) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[24]
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
- Bilal Khan (Oma) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[25]
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Meet Bhavsar 54 (36)
Ali Dawood 2/25 (3 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
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Sharwan Godara 24 (18)
Aayan Afzal Khan 3/7 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Waseem 48 (18)
Ram Sharan 1/11 (1 over) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
editBracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Nepal
| 119/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | United Arab Emirates
| 123/4 (17.2 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | United Arab Emirates
| 204/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | Oman
| 149/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Hong Kong
| 130/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | Oman
| 132/5 (19.2 overs) | 3rd place play-off | ||||||
| A1 | Nepal
| 139/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Hong Kong
| 140/6 (19.3 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
edit1st semi-final
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
2nd semi-final
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
3rd place play-off
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anshuman Rath (HK) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[citation needed]
Final
editFinal standings
edit| Pos. | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
Qualified for the 2025 Asia Cup & 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup |
| 2 | Oman |
Qualified for the 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup |
| 3 | Hong Kong
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| 4 | Nepal |
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| 5 | Kuwait
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| 6 | Qatar
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| 7 | Saudi Arabia
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| 8 | Bahrain
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| 9 | Malaysia
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| 10 | Cambodia
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