2025 ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup
| Dates | 21 November – 1 December 2025 |
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | 50 overs |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
| Host | United Arab Emirates |
| Champions | United Arab Emirates (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Nepal |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Most runs | Aahan Vuthandam (337) |
| Most wickets | Ali Asgar (11) |
| Official website | https://asiancricket.org/home |
The 2025 ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup was the second edition of the ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup, organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Serving as the final qualifying event for the 2025 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, the tournament provided a crucial pathway for associate nations to compete at the highest level of youth cricket in the region.[1] It was hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 21 November to 1 December 2025.
The tournament was contested by fourteen teams divided into four groups, followed by a knockout stage with all the matches played in Ajman, across four venues: the Seven Districts Ground, the Karwan Cricket Ground, the Seven Districts Ground 2, and the Royal Cricket Ground.[2] The winner, the runner-up, and the winner of the third-place playoff match have qualified for the 2025 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup. There, they joined the five full members of the ACC: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Nepal entered the tournament as the defending champions, having secured the title in the previous edition (2023). They had defeated the UAE by 19 runs under the DLS method in a rain-affected final held in Malaysia.[3] The tournament’s knockout stage concluded its semi-finals on 29 November, with Nepal and the UAE advancing to the final, thereby securing two of the three available qualification berths for the U19 Asia Cup.[4]
Squads
| Bahrain[5] | Hong Kong[6] | Iran | Japan[7] | Kuwait[8] | Malaysia[9][10] | Maldives |
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| Nepal[11] | Oman[12] | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore[13] | Thailand | United Arab Emirates[14] |
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Group stage
Group A
- Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.000 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.648 | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.900 |
Source: ACC[15]
- Fixtures
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Jude Li Thomas 70 (73)
Rayyan Athar 3/46 (8 overs) |
Zuber Sunasara 63 (87)
Veer Mathur 3/69 (10 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
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Zuber Sunasara 48 (76)
Ashok Dhami 2/34 (9 overs) |
Niraj Yadav 114 (90)
Hashira Ahmad Sajjad 1/3 (0.4 over) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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Shiv Mathur 30 (29)
Aprajit Poudel 4/31 (10 overs) |
Ashok Dhami 73 (51)
Abhimanyu Ganeshan 2/37 (9 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
- Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.795 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.795 | |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.368 |
Source: ACC[16]
- Fixtures
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Bahrain
138/3 (37.5 overs) | |
Jay Maheshkumar 51 (85)
Anas Obaid 4/20 (10 overs) |
Muhammed Basil 59 (58)
Muhammad Aqif 2/25 (7 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
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Ali Abbas 37 (44)
Yug Sharma 3/46 (8 overs) |
Yayin Kiran Rai 75 (34)
Ali Abbas 1/14 (2 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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Bahrain
184 (44.5 overs) | |
Ayaan Misbah 72 (89)
Ayan Obaid Syed 4/53 (9 overs) |
Sai Sarthak 53 (73)
Karan Dhiman 4/46 (9 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field
Group C
- Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Oman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.825 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.872 | |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.663 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −7.031 |
Source: ACC[17]
- Fixtures
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Maldives
56 (26.3 overs) | |
Nihar Parmar 156 (132)
Ahmed Naisam Nisah 2/42 (5.5 overs) |
Mohammed Sabbir 16 (42)
Hugo Tani-Kelly 2/4 (3.3 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
Qatar
122 (39.1 overs) |
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Sri Induvadan Reddy 35 (72)
Saumya Sampat 3/16 (6.1 overs) |
Rishab Gupta 37 (28)
Joel Silas 3/9 (2 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Maldives
131 (47.1 overs) |
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Qatar
132/2 (12.3 overs) |
Mabsar Abdulla 49 (62)
Joel Silas 5/33 (10 overs) |
Joel Silas 53* (35)
Mohamed Miuvaan 1/60 (6.3 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett 33 (46)
Mohammad Eisa 2/22 (10 overs) |
Jeet Shah 78* (89)
Nihar Parmar 1/9 (4.3 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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Qatar
95 (28.4 overs) | |
Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett 106 (73)
Sawwaf Shafwan 3/51 (10 overs) |
Sawwaf Shafwan 29 (46)
Aaryan Waduge 4/13 (5.4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field
Maldives
45 (21 overs) |
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Mohamed Miuvaan 15 (27)
Mohammad Eisa 5/3 (10 overs) |
Ojjus Pachisia 17 (8)
Adam Khalaf 1/6 (1 over) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
Group D
- Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.339 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.917 | |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.549 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.387 |
Source: ACC[18]
- Fixtures
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Asyraf Rifaie 56 (65)
Harsh Venkatram 3/44 (10 overs) |
Aahan Vuthandam 40 (73)
Muhamad Nurhanif Maliki 5/25 (9.2 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
Iran
79 (31.1 overs) |
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Thailand
80/3 (18.5 overs) |
Samaan Sheikhi 19 (13)
Sutthimon Thongsom 2/4 (2.1 overs) |
Jetsada Yangsuay 29 (50)
Moez Jadgal 1/11 (1.5 overs) |
- Iran won the toss and elected to bat.
Thailand
51 (28.4 overs) |
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Natpakhan Manowon 19 (65)
Muhammad Fathul Muin 4/15 (8.4 overs) |
Che Ahmad Al Atif Che Zaman 23 (28)
Sutthimon Thongsom 1/25 (5 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
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Iran
82 (39.1 overs) | |
Aahan Vuthandam 188 (121)
Samaan Sheikhi 2/67 (10 overs) |
Abdollah Derakhshandeh 16 (56)
Yuvaan Pandey 2/9 (8 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
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Thailand
61 (18.5 overs) | |
Aahan Vuthandam 109 (98)
Paphawit Somsuk 2/64 (8 overs) |
Natpakhan Manowon 38 (41)
Harsh Venkatram 3/8 (4 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
Iran
56 (30.2 overs) |
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Farhan Bahak 15 (51)
Muhammad Fathul Muin 3/9 (7 overs) |
Mohammad Hariz Afnan 30 (32)
Sam Khorsand 2/18 (5 overs) |
- Iran won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| B1 | United Arab Emirates | 131/2 (20.1) | |||||||
| C1 | Oman | 126 (37.3) | |||||||
| SF1W | United Arab Emirates | 147 (45.5) | |||||||
| SF2W | Nepal | 120 (33.2) | |||||||
| A1 | Nepal | 55/1 (7.5) | |||||||
| D1 | Malaysia | 51 (17.2) | 3rd place play-off | ||||||
| SF1L | Oman | 138 (48.1) | |||||||
| SFL2 | Malaysia | 212 (49.0) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Rishab Shivadasgupta 31 (33)
Ali Asgar Shums 4/15 (10 overs) |
Yayin Rai 71 (42)
Prathiesh Hema Ramesh 2/31 (7.1 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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Hamzah Panggi 13 (20)
Nitesh Kumar Patel 4/24 (8 overs) |
Vansh Chhetri 23* (27)
Muhammad Akram 1/13 (3 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
3rd/4th place play-off
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Deeaz Patro 78 (134)
Mohammad Aseel 3/26 (8 overs) |
Ojjus Pachisia 28 (30)
Muhamad Nurhanif 3/30 (10 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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Ahmed Khudadad 71 (126)
Dayanand Mandal 6/17 (6.5 overs) |
Ashok Dhami 34 (66)
Ali Asgar Shums 3/18 (10 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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