ACC Premier Cup 2023: Live Streaming Details, Teams & Fixture

Nepal will host the second edition of the ACC Premier Cup 2023, and the tournament winners will qualify for Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan.

The first Premier Cup was held in Malaysia in 2014 with only six teams, and Afghanistan was crowned the champions.

This is exciting news for all Nepalis. After qualifying for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, we will host a tournament.

Winning this can get us into another two major championships where we can play against Top cricketing nations.

Everything about ACC Premier Cup 2023

Asian Cricket Council Men’s Premier Cup 2023 will have 10 associate nations participating, and they will compete for the qualification of Asia Cup 2023.

How to watch ACC Premier Cup 2023 Live Streaming Online?

OSR Sports will live streaming the 2023 ACC Men’s Premier Cup on YouTube, and you can watch the live telecast of the tournament on the Kantipur TV HD channel.

ACC announced this publicly on their Facebook page on 3rd April 2023. Check the match schedule and time below.

Participating Nations

10 Associate Nations from Asia will be divided into 2 grounds and participate in the upcoming Asian Premier Cup, which are

Group A	Group B
Malaysia    Nepal  Oman  Qatar  Saudi Arabia	Hong Kong  Kuwait  Singapore  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain

The fixture of ACC Premier Cup 2023

Asian Cricket Council on 23rd March 2023 published the fixtures of the Premier Cup, where 20 games will be played in 10 days (18th April – 27th April 2023) for the group stages.

The top 2 from each group will dance to the semi-final for the knockout stage (28th April – 30th April 2023).

The final of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2023 will be played at TU Ground, Kathmandu, on 1st May 2023 at 9:30 am.

Group A fixtures

Group A has 5 teams, including the host nation

•  Malaysia
•    Nepal
•  Oman
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia

Group B fixtures

•  Hong Kong
•  Kuwait
•  Singapore
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Bahrain

Venues and Stadiums

It is no debate that Nepal has a less-than-impressive infrastructure, and we are going to host the Premier cup in 2023.

The matches will be played in 2 different stadiums in Nepal, TU Ground and Mulpani.

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground

TU Ground is known to almost most Nepalese and foreigner who watches Nepalese cricket, and this is more of our home ground.

This will be the main ground for the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2023, and 13 matches will be played here, including the finals.

Nepal has always used the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur as their home ground for international matches.

Mulpani Cricket Stadium

Mulpani Cricket Ground is usually used for Domestic matches, but now they are upgrading or constructing it for the Premier Cup.

There will be 11 matches on this ground, including the semi-finals.

Benefits for the Winner of the Premier Cup

The winner will qualify for the 2023 Asia Cup, one of the world’s biggest cricketing tournaments, and only the best Asian nations will participate.

The 2023 Asia Cup will be held in Pakistan, where teams like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are in Group B.

And Premier Cup champions will compete against India and the hosts Pakistan in the Group A matches.

Also, the top 3 teams, including the champion from this competition, will qualify for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023, held in India.

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