Abhishek Sharma, who featured in India’s T20I series against Bangladesh, will deputise India A’s squad in the Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup

The Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024, organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), started on October 18. Here are the full squads of the eight sides participating in the tournament.

What's the format of the Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024?

For the first time, the competition will be held in the T20 format. Eight teams are divided into two groups and each will play three games in the league stage until October 23, followed by the semi-finals on October 25 and the final on October 27. The Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat, Oman will host the entire event.

Here are the groups:

Group A: Afghanistan A, Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Hong Kong

Group B: India A, Pakistan A, UAE, Oman

India A will be led by Tilak Varma, with Abhishek Sharma as his deputy. The team also features renowned faces such as Rahul Chahar and Sai Kishore.

For Pakistan A, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris will lead the side. Among new names, Zaman, Ahmed Daniyal and Abdul Samad will play for the Shaheens for the first time. They entered the tournament as the defending champions after defeating India A in the 2023 final, thanks to a 71-ball 108 from Tayyab Tahir.

In five editions so far, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won twice each, while India lifted the trophy once.

Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 squads

India A

Tilak Varma (c), Abhishek Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Anuj Rawat, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Anshul Kamboj, Hrithik Shokeen, Aaqib Khan, Vaibhav Arora, Rasikh Salam, Sai Kishore, Rahul Chahar.

Afghanistan A

Sediqullah Atal (c), Qais Ahmad, Zubaid Akbari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Karim Janat, Nangialai Kharoti, Abdul Rahman Rahmani, Shahidullah, Bilal Sami, Numan Shah (wk), Wafiullah Tarakhil

Hong Kong

Nizakat Khan (c), Yasim Murtaza (vc), Zeeshan Ali, Martin Coetzee, Babar Hayat, Rajab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Anshuman Rath, Ayush Shukla, Darsh Vora

Pakistan A

Mohammad Haris (c), Abbas Afridi, Qasim Akram, Ahmed Daniyal, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Imran, Haseebullah Khan, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan, Arafat Minhas, Sufiyan Moqim, Mehran Mumtaz, Abdul Samad, Omair Yousuf

Sri Lanka A

Lahiru Udara, Yashoda Lanka, Lasith Croospulle, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sahan Arachchige, Pawan Rathnayake, Eshan Malinga, Dinura Kalupahana, Nipun Ransika, Isitha Wijesundara, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Kavindu Nadeeshan, Nimesh Vimukthi, Dushan Hemantha, Ramesh Mendis

Bangladesh A

Akbar Ali (c), Saif Hassan (vc), Parvez Hossain Emon, Naim Sheikh, Jishan Alam, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby, Rakibul Hasan, Aliss Al Islam, Wasi Siddiquee, Abu Hider Rony, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Ripon Mondol, Maruf Mridha
Reserves: Jaker Ali Anik, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed

Oman

Aqib Ilyas (c), Shakeel Ahmed, Pratik Athavale (wk), Siddharth Bukkapatnam, Khalid Kail, Kaleemullah, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Sufyan Mehmood, Hammad Mirza (wk), Kashyap Prajapati, Rafiullah, Muzahir Raza, Jatinder Singh

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Basil Hameed (c), Aryansh Sharma, Ansh Tandon, Dhruv Parashar, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Haider Shah, Muhammad Jawadullah, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Rahul Chopra, Raja Akifullah, Sanchit Sharma, Tanish Suri, Vishnu Sukumaran

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