The ACC Men’s T20I Challenger Cup will start from January 27. Here’s everything you need to know about the second edition of the Challenger Cup, including the full team lists and injury updates.

The Challenger Cup, organised by the Asian Cricket Council, will get underway on January 27, with Cambodia pitting against Myanmar, and continue until February 11. Unlike the inaugural edition in 2023, which took place in the ODI format, the tournament will be played in the T20I format. Like the previous year, Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok will host the 22-match competition.

Cambodia, China, and Myanmar are slotted in the Qualifier group and are set to feature in three fixtures each. The winner from the group will link up with Bhutan, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia in Group A, while the remaining two teams will fight for the ninth place in a one-off match.

Meanwhile, Group B constitute Japan, Maldives, Singapore, and Thailand.

The winner will get a ticket to the Asia Cup 2025, while the runners-up will directly qualify for the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2024, serving as the final stage for the continental showpiece event.

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Saudi Arabia are the defending champions owing to their 10-wicket against Bahrain last time around.

ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2024 squads: Full team lists and injuries

Cambodia

Anish Prasad, Etienne Beukes, Lakshit Gupta, Ram Sharan, Te Senglong, Luqman Butt, Salvin Stanly, Sharwan Godara, Pel Vannak (wk), Uday Hathinjar (wk), Chanthoeun Rathanak, Gulam Murtaza, Manish Sharma, Phon Bunthean, Utkarsh Jain

China

Deng Jinqi, Wu Jiaqi, Zhuang Zelin, Zou Kui, Qiu Yingjie, Tian Senqun, Zhuoyue Chen, Huang Junjie (wk), Wei Guolei (wk), Xie Qiulai (wk), Luo Shilin, MA Qiancheng, Zhao Tianle, Zong Yuechao

Myanmar

Khin Aye, Ko Ko Lin Thu, Nay Lin Htun, Swan Htet Ko Ko, Htet Lin Aung, Kaung Htet Kyaw, Pyae Phyo Wai, Thuya Aung (wk), Ye Naing Tun (wk), Aung Ko Ko, Htet Lin Oo, Myat Thu Aung, Nyein Chan Soe, Paing Danu, Sai Htet Wai

Indonesia

Anjar Tadarus, Gede Yogi Prastama, Kadek Gamantika (c), Padmakar Surve, Dhanesh Shetty, Gede Arta, Gede Priandana, Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy, Ahmad Ramdoni (wk), Dharma Kesuma (wk), Apriliandi Rahayu, Danilson Hawoe, Ferdinando Banunaek, Ketut Artawan, Maxi Koda, Muhammad Afis, Wayan Budiarta

Japan

Charles Hinze, Kazuma Stafford, Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c), Lachlan Lake, Declan Suzuki, Ibrahim Takahashi, Koji Hardgrave Abe, Reo Sakurano, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Alex Patmore (wk), Wataru Miyauchi (wk), Makoto Taniyama, Piyush Kumbhare, Ryan Drake

Singapore

Amartya Kaul, Anish Paraam, Aritra Dutta, Avi Dixit, Raoul Sharma, Rezza Gaznavi, Rohan Rangarajan, Ishaan Sawney, Kalimuthu Ramesh, Surendran Chandramohan, Aman Desai (wk), Akshay Puri, Harsha Bharadwaj, Sachin Banamali

Saudi Arabia

Hisham Sheikh (c), Ishtiaq Ahmad, Manan Ali, Haseeb Ghafoor (wk), Muhammad Imran, Usman Khalid, Faisal Khan, Varun Mudaliar, Zuhair Muhammad, Shahbaz Rasheed, Ahmad Raza, Kashif Siddique, Waji Ul Hassan, Waqar Ul Hassan, Abdul Waheed, Imran Yousaf

Maldives

Adam Khalaf Khaleel, Azyan Farhath, Ismail Nazuwan, Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Irfan, Mohamed Miuvaan, Shaof Hassan, Tharindu Kaushal Rodrigo, Azin Rafeeq, Mohamed Shiyam, Savindra Amaradasa, Umar Adam, Hassan Rasheed (wk), Mohamed Azzam (wk), Adnan Marikkar, Ibrahim Hassan, Ibrahim Rizan, Ismail Ali, Rasheed Rassam

Bhutan

Ranjung Dorji, Sherab Loday, Tashi Dorji, Tenjin Rabgey, Thinley Jamtsho (c), Anand Mongar, Namgay Thinley, Ngawang Thinley, Suprit Pradhan, Tashi Phuntsho, Jigme Dorji (wk), Manoj Adhikari (wk), Namgang Chejay, Sonam Chophel (wk), Karma Dorji, Sonam Yeshey, Tashi Chophel, Tenzin Wangchuk

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