2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup
Dates18 April – 2 May 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockout
Host(s)   Nepal
Champions   Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Participants10
Matches24
Player of the seriesNepal Sandeep Lamichhane
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Vriitya Aravind (454)
Most wicketsOman Bilal Khan (17)
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The 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup was a cricket tournament which took place in April and May 2023.[1] It was the inaugural edition of the ACC Men's Premier Cup, and it served as the final stage of qualification for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.[2][3] It was held in Nepal,[4] with the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground and Mulpani International Cricket Ground hosting matches.[5] The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup.[6] The top three teams including also qualified for the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[7]

The Asian Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 23 March 2023.[8] Bahrain and Saudi Arabia qualified to participate in this tournament as the top two teams in the 2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, where Saudi Arabia had beaten Bahrain by 10 wickets in the final.[9]

Nepal defeated United Arab Emirates in the final and qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup.[10][11][12] In addition to the two finalists, Oman advanced to the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament after the 3rd place play-off ended with no result.[13]

  1. ^ "Men's Asia Cup and Asia Cup Qualifier tournaments announced for 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's cricket team prepares for ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023". Kuensel. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Saudi national cricket team arrives in Nepal ahead of 2023 ACC Premier Cup". Arab News. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Nepal to host ACC Premier Cup". Cricnepal. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ "INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST" (PDF). Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Nepal open ACC Premier Cup against Malaysia". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. ^ "আয়োজক ঠিক না করেই চূড়ান্ত এশিয়া কাপের সূচি" [Fixtures of Asia Cup finalized without determining host]. risingbd.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ @ACCMedia1 (23 March 2023). "The ACC Men's Premier Cup – an integral part of ACC's new pathway structure gets underway on the 18th of April in Nepal. 10 Associate nations will battle it out for the title and the winner will directly qualify for the Men's Asia Cup 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Rajabanshi and Jha secure Asia Cup qualification for Nepal". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Nepal qualify for the Asia Cup 2023". Cricnepal. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Nepal join India, Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 after winning ACC Men's Premier Cup". India Today. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Nepal book India, Pakistan meetings at Asia Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.