The 2024 Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup will be the inaugural season of the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Afghanistan.[1] The tournament is scheduled to take place from 1 to 13 May 2024.[2] Five regional teams will compete in a double round-robin league, with the matches being held at Kabul.[3] In March 2024, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[4] The competition will serve as the preparation for national players and the criteria for team selection ahead of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[5][6]
Dates | 1 – 13 May 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Afghanistan |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 21 |
Teams edit
The following teams will participate in the tournament:[7]
Squads edit
The following squads were announced for the tournament.[8]
Points table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Band-e-Amir Region | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.716 |
2 | Speen Ghar Region | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.200 |
3 | Mis Ainak Region | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 |
4 | Amo Region | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −1.567 |
5 | Boost Region | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.425 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo
League stage edit
Band-e-Amir Region
114/6 (20 overs) |
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Boost Region
111/7 (20 overs) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi 45 (55)
Mohibullah Zurmati 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Khalid Ahmadzai, Arab Gul (Band-e-Amir Region) Mohibullah Hamraz, Faridoon, Abdullah Tarakhail and Mohammadullah (Boost Region) all made their T20 debuts.
Mis Ainak Region
108/6 (20 overs) |
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Speen Ghar Region
112/7 (20 overs) |
- Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Naseer Khan Maroofkhil (Speen Ghar Region) Haqmal Arya, Ihsanullah and Mehboob Taskin (Mis Ainak Region) all made their T20 debuts.
Amo Region
142/7 (20 overs) |
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Band-e-Amir Region
143/0 (16.3 overs) |
Sediqullah Atal 63* (46)
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- Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalbaz Sinzai (Amo Region) made his T20 debut.
Mis Ainak Region
137/6 (20 overs) |
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Boost Region
123/8 (20 overs) |
Ibrahim Zadran 65 (48)
Faridoon 3/16 (4 overs) |
Imran Mir 24 (16)
Wahidullah Zadran 2/17 (4) |
- Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Ihsanullah (Mis Ainak Region) made his T20 debut.
Speen Ghar Region
22/2 (4 overs) |
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- Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Jawid Ahmadzai (Amo Region) made his T20 debut.
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- No toss
- The match rescheduled for May 6.
Final edit
References edit
- ^ "Afghanistan Cricket Board launches Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup". Amu TV. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "ACB Introduces "Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup"". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Qosh Tepa Tournament to be Held in Kandahar: Cricket Board Officials". TOLOnews. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures announced for Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Islam, Mainul (28 March 2024). "ACB has launched the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup". Criczine. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Singh, Sagar (28 March 2024). "Qosh Tepa National T20 cricket tournament kicked off among five zones in Kabul, ACB". The Kabul Times. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "'Qosh Tepa' tournament to be held in Kandahar". The Frontier Post. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "ACB Name Squads for the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup 2024". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 April 2024.