2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship

2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship

Dates	5 – 11 March 2024
Administrator(s)	Malaysia Cricket Association
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and final
Host(s)	Malaysia
Champions	Bahrain
Runners-up	Malaysia
Participants	5
Matches	12
Player of the series	Virandeep Singh
Most runs	Sohail Ahmed (182)
Most wickets	Rizwan Butt (13)

The 2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Malaysia in March 2024.^[1] The tournament was contested by the men's national teams of Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tanzania and Vanuatu.^[1] All five teams remained in Malaysia to play in this T20I tournament after taking part in the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off competition.^[2]

Squads

Bahrain[3]	Kuwait[4]	Malaysia	Tanzania[5]	Vanuatu[6]
Haider Butt (c) Sohail Ahmed Sarfaraz Ali Imran Anwar Junaid Aziz Ahmer Bin Nisar (wk) Rizwan Butt Ali Dawood Abdul Majid Abbasi Abdul Majid Malik Ubaid Martuza (wk) Umer Toor (wk) Sathaiya Veerapathiran Abdul Wahab	Mohammed Aslam (c) Usman Patel (vc, wk) Ilyas Ahmed Mohammad Amin Clinto Anto Meet Bhavsar (wk) Adnan Idrees Shiraz Khan Yasin Patel Shahrukh Quddus Ravija Sandaruwan Mohamed Shafeeq Bilal Tahir	Ahmad Faiz (c) Syed Aziz (vc, wk) Muhammad Amir Ainool Hafizs (wk) Rizwan Haider Khizar Hayat Sharvin Muniandy Fitri Sham Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Muhamad Syahadat Vijay Unni Muhammad Wafiq Zubaidi Zulkifle	Salum Jumbe (c) Sefu Athumani Mohamed Issa Abdallah Jabiri Zamoyoni Jabeneke Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Jumanne Masquater Simba Mbaki Kassim Nassoro Yalinde Nkanya Johnson Nyambo Ivan Selemani SanjayKumar Thakor	Joshua Rasu (c) Ronald Tari (vc) Jarryd Allan (wk) Tim Cutler Junior Kaltapau Andrew Mansale Patrick Matautaava Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Apolinaire Stephen Clement Tommy (wk) Jamal Vira (wk) Darren Wotu Womejo Wotu

Round-robin

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bahrain	4	4	0	0	8	2.220	Advanced to the final
2	Malaysia	4	3	1	0	6	1.402
3	Kuwait	4	2	2	0	4	−0.010	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
4	Vanuatu	4	1	3	0	2	−1.903
5	Tanzania	4	0	4	0	0	−1.517

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[7]

Fixtures

5 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Vanuatu  128/5 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 119 (18 overs)
Andrew Mansale 61* (40) Ally Kimote 2/20 (4 overs)		Jumanne Masquater 29 (20) Williamsing Nalisa 3/15 (4 overs)

Vanuatu won by 9 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Andrew Mansale (Van)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Jumanne Masquater (Tan) and Tim Cutler (Van) both made their T20I debuts.

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5 March 2024 13:45 Scorecard

Kuwait  123 (19.4 overs)	v	Bahrain 99/2 (12.4 overs)
Meet Bhavsar 50 (41) Sathaiya Veerapathiran 3/20 (2.4 overs)		Sarfaraz Ali 57 (41) Shiraz Khan 1/3 (1.4 overs)

Bahrain won by 28 runs (DLS method) Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

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6 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  97/7 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 103/5 (17.1 overs)
Omary Kitunda 21 (18) Shiraz Khan 2/23 (4 overs) Yasin Patel 2/23 (4 overs)		Mohammed Aslam 51* (34) Salum Jumbe 2/13 (2 overs)

Kuwait won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Mohammed Aslam (Kuw)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sefu Athumani (Tan) made his T20I debut.

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6 March 2024 13:45 Scorecard

Malaysia  148/7 (20 overs)	v	Vanuatu 96/9 (20 overs)
Virandeep Singh 52 (36) Womejo Wotu 2/19 (3 overs)		Nalin Nipiko 34 (47) Virandeep Singh 2/17 (4 overs)

Malaysia won by 52 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

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7 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Malaysia  110/6 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 112/1 (16.5 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 36 (33) Rizwan Butt 2/15 (4 overs)		Umer Toor 69* (52) Muhammad Amir 1/33 (3.5 overs)

Bahrain won by 9 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Umer Toor (Bhr)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.

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7 March 2024 13:45 Scorecard

Vanuatu  102/7 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 105/2 (13.1 overs)
Joshua Rasu 35* (40) Mohamed Shafeeq 2/17 (4 overs)		Meet Bhavsar 40 (26) Womejo Wotu 1/18 (2 overs)

Kuwait won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Mohamed Shafeeq (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

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9 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Kuwait  87 (18.4 overs)	v	Malaysia 88/3 (13.4 overs)
Yasin Patel 31 (33) Virandeep Singh 3/14 (2.4 overs)		Syed Aziz 59* (38) Nimish Latheef 2/19 (3.4 overs)

Malaysia won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

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9 March 2024 13:45 Scorecard

Bahrain  135/8 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 83 (20 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 35 (33) Yalinde Nkanya 3/17 (4 overs)		Omary Kitunda 30 (43) Rizwan Butt 5/12 (4 overs)

Bahrain won by 52 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Bhr)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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10 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Bahrain  166/4 (20 overs)	v	Vanuatu 110 (18.4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 73* (51) Patrick Matautaava 1/10 (3 overs)		Joshua Rasu 24 (28) Sachin Kumar 4/40 (4 overs)

Bahrain won by 56 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Sohail Ahmed (Bhr)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ubaid Martuza (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

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10 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  83 (18.2 overs)	v	Malaysia 86/4 (14.4 overs)
Mohamed Issa 28* (27) Virandeep Singh 3/4 (2 overs)		Muhamad Syahadat 27* (31) Ally Kimote 2/17 (3 overs)

Malaysia won by 6 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Place play-off

11 March 2024 09:45 Scorecard

Vanuatu  106/7 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 109/3 (11.3 overs)
Patrick Matautaava 28 (30) Shiraz Khan 4/12 (4 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 35 (22) Joshua Rasu 2/23 (4 overs)

Kuwait won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Shiraz Khan (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

Final

11 March 2024 13:45 Scorecard

Malaysia  77/9 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 82/2 (15.4 overs)
Khizar Hayat 18* (23) Rizwan Butt 3/10 (4 overs)		Haider Butt 37* (38) Pavandeep Singh 1/8 (4 overs)

Bahrain won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Malaysia Open T20 Championship 2024 to be a pentangular tournament in March". Czarsportz. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
2. "Bermuda cricket team back in training ahead of Malaysia competition". The Royal Gazette. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
3. "Team Bahrain is ready to claw their way to victory in the Malaysia Open Quadrangular 2024!". Cricket Bahrain. Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via Instagram.
4. "Kuwait National Men's team powered by Al Muzaini Exchange; led by Captain Mohammed Aslam set to depart for Malaysia to participate in the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off 50 Overs Tournament". Kuwait Cricket. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via Instagram.
5. "2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship". Tanzania Cricket Association. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Facebook.
6. "Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu Men's Team Ready for ICC CWC Challenge League 2024 Playoff in Malaysia". Vanuatu Cricket. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
7. "Malaysia Open T20 Championship 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo