The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a tournament that was played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in October 2021.[1][2] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers were played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[3] The Asia Qualifier consisted of two sub-regional groups, A and B, with the groups being played in Qatar and Malaysia respectively. The winners of each sub-regional group progressed to one of two global qualifiers.[4] On 2 September 2021, the ICC announced that Group A had been moved from Kuwait to Qatar.[5][6][7][8]
Originally, the qualifiers were scheduled to be played between March and September 2020.[9] However, on 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[11] In March 2021, the Group A qualifier was postponed again, and was moved back to October 2021.[12] In May 2021, the Group B qualifier was postponed to November 2021 due to the pandemic.[13][14] However, in October 2021, the ICC cancelled the Group B tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hong Kong progressing to the next stage as the highest-ranked team.[15]Bahrain won Group A to progress to the Global Qualifiers, finishing just ahead of Qatar on net run rate.[16]
For the original schedule, Singapore were placed in Group B. However, when the revised schedule was published by the ICC, Singapore had been promoted to the Global Qualifier at the expense of Hong Kong, due to a recalculation of the T20I team rankings.[22] On 11 October 2021, the ICC cancelled the Group B tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hong Kong progressing to the next stage as the highest-ranked team.[23]
The following teams were scheduled to compete in Group B:
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February 01, 2023
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The 2021 ICC Men s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a tournament that was played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men s T20 World Cup in October 2021 1 2 In April 2018 the International Cricket Council ICC granted full international status to Twenty20 men s matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards Therefore all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers were played as Twenty20 Internationals T20Is 3 The Asia Qualifier consisted of two sub regional groups A and B with the groups being played in Qatar and Malaysia respectively The winners of each sub regional group progressed to one of two global qualifiers 4 On 2 September 2021 the ICC announced that Group A had been moved from Kuwait to Qatar 5 6 7 8 Originally the qualifiers were scheduled to be played between March and September 2020 9 However on 24 March 2020 the International Cricket Council ICC confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 10 In December 2020 the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic 11 In March 2021 the Group A qualifier was postponed again and was moved back to October 2021 12 In May 2021 the Group B qualifier was postponed to November 2021 due to the pandemic 13 14 However in October 2021 the ICC cancelled the Group B tournament due to the COVID 19 pandemic with Hong Kong progressing to the next stage as the highest ranked team 15 Bahrain won Group A to progress to the Global Qualifiers finishing just ahead of Qatar on net run rate 16 Contents 1 Group A 1 1 Squads 1 2 Points table 1 3 Fixtures 2 Group B 3 References 4 External linksGroup A Edit2021 ICC T20 World Cup Asian Western Sub Regional QualifierDates23 29 October 2021Administrator s Asian Cricket CouncilCricket formatT20IHost s QatarChampions BahrainRunners up QatarParticipants5Matches10Player of the series Mohammed AslamMost runs Muhammad Younis 159 Sarfaraz Ali 159 Most wickets Mohammed Aslam 9 20182023 Squads Edit The following teams and squads were named for the tournament Bahrain Kuwait 17 Maldives 18 Qatar 19 Saudi Arabia 20 Anasim Khan c Fiaz Ahmed Waseeq Ahmed Imran Ali wk Sarfaraz Ali Imran Anwar Junaid Aziz Haider Butt Prashant Kurup wk Shahid Mahmood Abdul Majid Ammad Uddin Sathaiya Veerapathiran Muhammad Younis Mohammed Aslam c Nawaf Ahmed Meet Bhavsar wk Naveed Fakhr Adnan Idrees Muhammad Kashif Shiraz Khan Wasantha Kumaranayaka Sayed Monib Ravija Sandaruwan Morshed Mostafa Sarwar Edson Silva Bilal Tahir Usman Waheed wk Mohamed Mahfooz c Azyan Farhath vc Umar Adam Mohamed Azzam wk Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim Hassan Ali Ivan Wedage Malinda Ameel Mauroof Ibrahim Nashath Hassan Rasheed Mohamed Rishwan Ibrahim Rizan Leem Shafeeg Iqbal Hussain c Mohammed Rizlan vc wk Andri Berenger Zaheer Ibrahim Ikramullah Khan Kamran Khan Imal Liyanage Gayan Munaweera Muhammad Murad Mohammed Nadeem Dharmang Patel Musawar Shah Muhammad Tanveer Sandun Vithanage Abdul Waheed c Imran Arif vc Ishtiaq Ahmad Basit Ali Sarfraz Butt wk Sajid Cheema Usman Khalid Faisal Khan Muhammad Nadeem Amir Shahzad Hisham Sheikh Abdul Wahid Imran Yousaf Zain Ul AbidinPoints table Edit Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR1 Bahrain 4 3 1 0 6 1 6622 Qatar 4 3 1 0 6 1 5693 Kuwait 4 2 2 0 4 0 8994 Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 0 3035 Maldives 4 0 4 0 0 4 088Source ESPN Cricinfo 21 advanced to the global qualifier Fixtures Edit 23 October 2021 09 00 ScorecardQatar 133 5 20 overs v Bahrain134 2 13 1 overs Zaheer Ibrahim 33 22 Abdul Majid 2 23 4 overs Muhammad Younis 82 44 Muhammad Tanveer 1 20 4 overs Bahrain won by 8 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Muhammad Younis Bhr Bahrain won the toss and elected to field Andri Berenger Muhammad Murad Qat Waseeq Ahmed and Haider Butt Bhr all made their T20I debuts 23 October 2021 13 10 ScorecardMaldives 98 9 20 overs v Saudi Arabia101 3 15 1 overs Ibrahim Nashath 20 50 Imran Yousaf 1 6 3 overs Faisal Khan 41 24 Umar Adam 2 13 4 overs Saudi Arabia won by 7 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Shivani Mishra Qat Player of the match Faisal Khan Sau Maldives won the toss and elected to bat Ishtiaq Ahmad Imran Arif Amir Shahzad Hisham Sheikh and Zain Ul Abidin Sau all made their T20I debuts 24 October 2021 09 00 ScorecardBahrain 124 8 20 overs v Kuwait129 4 11 3 overs Sarfaraz Ali 28 12 Mohammed Aslam 3 13 4 overs Ravija Sandaruwan 49 31 Junaid Aziz 2 4 1 over Kuwait won by 6 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Shivani Mishra Qat and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Mohammed Aslam Kuw Kuwait won the toss and elected to field Edson Silva Kuw made his T20I debut 24 October 2021 13 10 ScorecardQatar 154 6 20 overs v Maldives56 18 5 overs Mohammed Rizlan 62 46 Umar Adam 3 31 4 overs Ahmed Hassan 18 28 Mohammed Nadeem 4 10 4 overs Qatar won by 98 runsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Mohammed Rizlan Qat Maldives won the toss and elected to field 25 October 2021 09 00 ScorecardKuwait 146 8 20 overs v Saudi Arabia149 6 19 overs Mohammed Aslam 55 41 Imran Arif 2 14 4 overs Sajid Cheema 52 30 Mohammed Aslam 3 38 4 overs Saudi Arabia won by 4 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Sajid Cheema Sau Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field Usman Khalid Sau made his T20I debut 27 October 2021 09 00 ScorecardMaldives 88 9 20 overs v Bahrain93 3 7 overs Umar Adam 31 22 Waseeq Ahmed 3 14 4 overs Muhammad Younis 31 13 Ibrahim Hassan 2 39 3 overs Bahrain won by 7 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Shivani Mishra Qat Player of the match Anasim Khan Bhr Bahrain won the toss and elected to field Prashant Kurup Bhr made his T20I debut 27 October 2021 13 10 ScorecardSaudi Arabia 130 9 20 overs v Qatar134 5 19 4 overs Faisal Khan 42 29 Muhammad Murad 3 17 3 overs Imal Liyanage 44 45 Imran Arif 1 12 4 overs Qatar won by 5 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Imal Liyanage Qat Qatar won the toss and elected to field 28 October 2021 09 00 ScorecardMaldives 103 20 overs v Kuwait107 5 12 overs Ahmed Hassan 42 38 Adnan Idrees 3 17 4 overs Edson Silva 58 29 Mohamed Mahfooz 2 14 2 overs Kuwait won by 5 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Shivani Mishra Qat and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Edson Silva Kuw Kuwait won the toss and elected to field 28 October 2021 13 10 ScorecardBahrain 179 9 20 overs v Saudi Arabia161 6 20 overs Sarfaraz Ali 67 45 Abdul Wahid 2 25 4 overs Abdul Wahid 72 40 Anasim Khan 2 22 4 overs Bahrain won by 18 runsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Shivani Mishra Qat and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Sarfaraz Ali Bhr Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field 29 October 2021 13 10 ScorecardKuwait 126 9 20 overs v Qatar127 8 11 5 overs Meet Bhavsar 25 17 Musawar Shah 3 18 4 overs Andri Berenger 37 16 Shiraz Khan 3 33 3 overs Qatar won by 2 wicketsWest End Park International Cricket Stadium Doha Umpires Akbar Ali UAE and Buddhi Pradhan Nep Player of the match Musawar Shah Qat Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat Group B Edit2021 ICC T20 World Cup Asian Eastern Sub Regional QualifierDates9 15 November 2021Administrator s Asian Cricket CouncilCricket formatT20IHost s MalaysiaParticipants6 2018For the original schedule Singapore were placed in Group B However when the revised schedule was published by the ICC Singapore had been promoted to the Global Qualifier at the expense of Hong Kong due to a recalculation of the T20I team rankings 22 On 11 October 2021 the ICC cancelled the Group B tournament due to the COVID 19 pandemic with Hong Kong progressing to the next stage as the highest ranked team 23 The following teams were scheduled to compete in Group B Bhutan China Hong Kong Malaysia Myanmar ThailandReferences Edit Qualification to Men s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed International Cricket Council Retrieved 14 December 2020 Qatar set to host ICC qualifying event for the first time as part of road to Australia 2022 International Cricket Council Retrieved 22 October 2021 All T20I matches to get international status International Cricket Council 26 April 2018 Retrieved 8 January 2020 ICC Men s T20 World Cup 2021 qualification process confirmed International Cricket Council Retrieved 23 January 2020 Qatar to host Western Asia qualifiers in October Czarsportz Retrieved 2 September 2021 Qatar set to host the ICC Men s T20 World Cup Asia A Qualifier 19th 30th October Kuwait Cricket Official via Facebook Retrieved 2 September 2021 Qatar to host T20 World Cup qualifiers Gulf Times in Arabic 22 October 2021 Retrieved 17 January 2022 PressReader com Digital Newspaper amp Magazine Subscriptions www pressreader com Retrieved 17 January 2022 ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 23 January 2020 COVID 19 update ICC qualifying events International Cricket Council Retrieved 26 March 2020 2022 T20 World Cup qualification pathway Cricket Europe Retrieved 14 December 2020 Men s T20 World Cup 2022 Regional Qualifiers postponed International Cricket Council Retrieved 18 March 2021 Three men s T20 World Cup 2022 qualifying events called off because of Covid 19 ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 7 May 2021 Three ICC Men s T20 World Cup 2022 European Qualifiers cancelled due to COVID 19 International Cricket Council Retrieved 7 May 2021 Asia B Qualifier to Men s T20 World Cup 2022 cancelled International Cricket Council Retrieved 11 October 2021 T20 World Cup qualifiers Bahrain win Group A title race on NRR The Peninsula Qatar Retrieved 31 October 2021 Kuwait Cricket announce Men s squad for T20 World Cup Asia qualifiers Czarsportz Retrieved 4 October 2021 Maldives cricket announces squad for T20 world cup Asia qualifier Czarsportz Retrieved 29 September 2021 Qatar to host T20 World Cup qualifiers Gulf Times Retrieved 22 October 2021 Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation names 14 player squad for 2021 ICC Men s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier in Qatar Arab News Retrieved 12 October 2021 ICC Men s T20 World Cup Asia A Qualifier 2021 Table ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 23 October 2021 Singapore promoted to global qualifier for 2022 T20 World Cup ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 14 December 2020 Hong Kong progress after cancellation of Asia B Qualifier for 2022 men s T20 World Cup ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 11 October 2021 External links EditSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo Group A Qualifiers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 ICC Men 27s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier amp oldid 1119222175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
