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Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Lead Six Teams into ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028 Regional Final

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October 15, 2026

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Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have emerged as the number one team in their groups in the Asia Sub-Regional Qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur. They have advanced to another stage of the Asia Regional Final, joining six other teams, whom they have helped to take a wicket off the board, to further their journey to the T20 World Cup 2028.

Congratulations to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on being crowned champions of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Asia Qualifiers A & B respectively 👏#ACC pic.twitter.com/MGRi8M9hFL
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) October 15, 2026

Kuwait Leads Group A Campaign

Kuwait outplayed the rest of the group to take the Group A victory 10 points up after a hard-fought campaign. Bahrain ended up in 2nd place and 3rd place Qatar qualified for advancement, alongside Kuwait. Kuwait’s Adnan Idress was also named Player of the Tournament for Group A, highlighting the team’s impressive overall campaign.

Saudi Arabia Makes Cricket History

Saudi Arabia finished the group stage of group B top and went on to claim its maiden ICC tournament win which would be a big boost to the local cricket initiative. Malaysia and Hong Kong, China both went up from the group. Virandeep Singh from Malaysia was included in the ‘Individual Recognition’ Awards as one of the Top Guns of the tournament.

Six Teams Target Regional Final Success

In 2027 five teams from Asia are now competing to move on to the World Final tournament in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Malaysia and Hong Kong, China. The next round will decide which teams will make the cutoff for the international stage at the upcoming T20 World Cup 2028, adding to the drama for newly-integrating cricketing powerhouses from Asia.