July 14 will mark the start of the 5th edition of Emerging Asia Cup 2023 with eight teams fighting for the coveted title. The Asian cricket council(ACC) organizes the tournament to develop the talent of most prominent young cricketers from Asia. The tournament will feature ‘A’ teams of the five full members of the Asian Cricket Council; and the top 3 teams from the 2023 ACC Men’s Premier Cup; Nepal, UAE, and Oman.
India last won this tournament way back in 2013 and since then Sri Lanka has won it twice while Pakistan has also taken a solitary title.
Format
The eight teams are divided into two groups of four each. India are placed in Group A alongside Nepal, UAE A, and Pakistan A.
Group A: India A, Pakistan A, UAE A, Nepal
Group B: Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Afghanistan A, Oman A
Venues
P Sara Oval, Singhalese Sports Club (SSC), and the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.
Squads
Afghanistan A- Shahidullah Kamal (c), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ishaq Rahimi (wk), Riaz Hassan, Ihsanullah Janat, Noor Ali Zadran, Zubaid Akbari, Bahir Shah, Allah Noor, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Izharulhaq Naveed, Wafadar Momand, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Saleem, Zia-ur-Rehman, Bilal Sami
Bangladesh A- Saif Hassan (c), Zakir Hasan (vc, wk), Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol, Musfik Hasan, Akbar Ali (wk), Naim Sheikh, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim
India A- Yash Dhull (c), Abhishek Sharma (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Pakistan A- Mohammad Haris (c, wk), Omair Yousuf (vc), Amad Butt, Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir
Sri Lanka A- TBC
Nepal- TBC
UAE- TBC
Oman- TBC
Schedule
All group stage match will start at 10 AM local time
| Match | Date | Group |
| UAE vs Bangladesh A | 14 July | Group A |
| Pakistan A vs Nepal | 14 July | Group B |
| Afghanistan A vs Oman | 14 July | Group A |
| India A vs Sri Lanka A | 15 July | Group B |
| Bangladesh A vs Oman | 16 July | Group A |
| UAE vs Afghanistan A | 16 July | Group A |
| India A vs Pakistan A | 16 July | Group B |
| Sri Lanka A vs Nepal | 17 July | Group B |
| Bangladesh A vs Afghanistan A | 18 July | Group A |
| UAE vs Oman | 18 July | Group A |
| Sri Lanka A vs Pakistan A | 18 July | Group B |
| India A vs Nepal | 19 July | Group B |
1st semi final on 21 July- TBC vs TBC from 10 AM
2nd semi final on 21 July- TBC vs TBC- 2 PM
Final on 23 July- TBC vs TBC- 2 PM
Live streaming and TV broadcast
The ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup matches will be streamed live on the FanCode app and website. You need a paid subscription to access Fancode.
All the games will also be live streamed on Asian Cricket Council(ACC) official Youtube channel. There is no official TV broadcaster available for the tournament.
