Qosh Tepa T20 Cup 2024: The Qosh Tepa T20 Cup 2024 has come to an end, with Band-E-Amir Region winning the inagural edition of the tournament and Afghanistan’s cricket has its own ‘Mini IPL’ to recruit and nourish the talent for the future, as the Asian nation are no more the underdogs in world cricket, and are rising with a rapid pace. Afghanistan had a memorable ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 India and missed out on the semi finals by a whisker, and the nation will be hoping to carry their good form in the upcoming T20 World Cup in June, to be co-hosted by West Indies and United States of America.
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Band-e-Amir Region Win the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup 2024
The @Hashmat_50-led BAR beat the Mis-e-Ainak Region by 23 runs in the Grand Finale to win the inaugural edition of the Etisalat Presents Afghan United Bank – #QTNT20Cup2024.
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) May 13, 2024
The tournament consisted of 5 teams, and all the matches took place at the Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, bar one match, which was the 7th T20 that took place at the Kandahar Cricket Stadium in Kandahar. The 21 matches took place from May 1 – May 13, and all the matches were live streamed on the FanCode app, as there were no channels to telecast the fixtures in India.
The following teams participated in the tournament, and they are seeded in the order they ranked at the end of the league phase, as top 2 teams qualified for the Final:
- Band-E-Amir Region
- Mis Ainak Region
- Boost Region
- Amo Region
- Speen Ghar Region
Qosh Tepa T20 Cup 2024: Highest Run Getters
| Position | Name | Team | Innings | Runs |
| 1 | Ibrahim Zadran | Mis Ainak Region | 8 | 323 |
| 2 | Hazratullah Zazai | Boost Region | 8 | 310 |
| 3 | Sediqullah Atal | Band-E-Amir Region | 8 | 308 |
| 4 | Rahmat Shah | Boost Region | 8 | 237 |
| 5 | Afsar Zazai | Mis Ainak Region | 8 | 237 |
Qosh Tepa T20 Cup 2024: Highest Wicket Takers
| Position | Name | Team | Innings | Wickets |
| 1 | Wahidullah Zadran | Mis Ainak Region | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Izharulhaq Naveed | Amo Region | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Mohammadullah Logari | Boost Region | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Faridoon Dawoodzai | Boost Region | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | Sharafuddin Ashraf | Amo Region | 8 | 10 |