Pakistan U23 defeated Bangladesh U23 convincingly by 77 runs to win the ACC Emering Teams Asia Cup 2019 final played at Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka.
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019
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The 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the 4th edition of a cricket tournament which was held in Bangladesh between 14–23 November 2019.
Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and top three teams from the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier.
The tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Nepal replaced United Arab Emirates in the tournament, after they pulled out due to an unknown reason. Nepal qualified on virtue of being fourth in the Asia Cup qualifier.
The Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 was contested by 08 teams which were divided into two groups:
Group A Sri Lanka U23, Pakistan U23, Oman, Afghanistan U23.
Group B India U23, Bangladesh U23, Hong Kong, Nepal.
The first round of the competition was the Group stage. Each team played every other team in its group. Following the Group stage, the top 2 teams in each group progressed to the Semi-finals.
Semi Finals:
The semifinals of the tournament were played at Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka.
In the first semifinal, Pakistan U23 side defeated India U23 by three runs in a nerve-wrecking affair on 20th November 2019.
The second semifinal was contested on 21st November 2019 between Bangladesh U23 and Afghanistan U23 which the hosts easily won by 7 wickets.
The Final:
Pakistan U23 and Bangladesh U23 played the final of ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 on 23rd November 2019 at Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka.
In a one sided affair Pakistan U23 won the match by 77 runs to win the tournament.
Squads:
| Team | Squad |
| Afghanistan U23 | Samiullah Shenwari (c) Abdul Malik Nasir Khan Bahir Shah Tariq Stanikzai Darwish Rasooli Waheedullah Shafaq Shahidullah Munir Ahmad (wk) Nijat Masood Azmatullah Omarzai Wafadar Momand Shawkat Zaman Abdul Wasi Yousuf Zazai |
| Bangladesh U23 | Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c) Mohammad Naim Yasir Ali Afif Hossain Zakir Hasan Minhajul Abedin Afridi Aminul Islam Soumya Sarkar Tanvir Islam Hasan Mahmud Mehedi Hasan Rana Sumon Khan Mahidul Islam Ankon Abu Hider Mahedi Hasan |
| Hong Kong | Aizaz Khan (c) Aarush Bhagwat Aftab Hussain Ahsan Abbasi Cameron McAuslan Ehsan Khan Haroon Arshad Hassan Khan Mohammad Kinchit Shah Mohsin Khan Nasrulla Rana Nizakat Khan Raunaq Kapur Shahid Wasif Wajid Shah |
| India U23 | BR Sharath (c & wk) Vinayak Gupta Aryan Juyal Chinmay Sutar Kamlesh Nagarkoti Yash Rathod Armaan Jaffer Sanvir Singh Hrithik Shokeen Siddharth Desai Saurabh Dubey Kumar Suraj Parth Rekhade Kuldip Yadav Aditya Thakare Shivam Mavi |
| Oman | Aamir Kaleem (c) Aqib Ilyas (vc) Jatinder Singh Suraj Kumar Sandeep Goud Naseem Khushi Khurram Nawaz Mehran Khan Mohammad Sanuth Jay Odedra Badal Singh Mohammad Nadeem Fayyaz Butt Kaleemullah Gopendra Bohr |
| Pakistan U23 | Saud Shakeel (c) Rohail Nazir (vc, wk) Akif Javed Amad Butt Haider Ali Hasan Mohsin Imran Rafiq Khushdil Shah Muhammad Asad Mohammad Hasnain Muhammad Mohsin Khan Omair Yousuf Saif Badar Sameen Gul Sri Lanks U23: Charith Asalanka (c) Kamindu Mendis (vc) Pathum Nissanka Hasitha Boyagoda Minod Bhanuka Ashen Bandara Shammu Ashan Nishan Madushka Jehan Daniel Asitha Fernando Kalana Perera Shiran Fernando Ramesh Mendis Amila Aponso Sachindu Colombage Chamika Karunaratne |
| Nepal | Gyanendra Malla (c) Dipendra Singh Airee (vc) Sharad Vesawkar Sompal Kami Karan KC Binod Bhandari (wk) Rohit Paudel Lalit Rajbanshi Pawan Sarraf Sundeep Jora Sushan Bhari Ishan Pandey Aarif Sheikh Avinash Bohara Kushal Bhurtel |
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