The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is the governing body of cricket in most countries and territories in Asia. The ACC was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional administrative body, and currently consists of 30 member associations. Mohsin Naqvi is the current president of the ACC.

History

The council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in New Delhi, India, on 19 September 1983, with the original members being Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Changing its name to the present in 1995. Until 2003, the headquarters of the council were rotated biennially amongst the presidents' and secretaries' home countries. The organization's current president is Mohsin Naqvi.

The council runs a development program that supports coaching, umpiring and sports medicine programs in member countries, funded from television revenues collected during the officially sanctioned Asian Cricket Council tournaments including the Asia Cup, Under-19 Asia Cup, Women's Asia Cup and various other tournaments.

Previously ACC was headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was officially opened on 20 August 2016. In 2019, the headquarters of the ACC was moved to Dubai, near the International Cricket Council (ICC) office.

Members of ACC

No.CountryAssociationICC MembershipACC Membership
Full Members of ICC (5)
1AfghanistanAfghanistan Cricket Board20172001
2BangladeshBangladesh Cricket Board20001983
3IndiaBoard of Control for Cricket in India19261983
4PakistanPakistan Cricket Board19521983
5Sri LankaSri Lanka Cricket19811983
Associate Members of ICC with ODI & T20I status (3)
6NepalCricket Association of Nepal19961990
7OmanOman Cricket Board20142000
8United Arab EmiratesEmirates Cricket Board19901984
Associate Members of ICC with T20I status (20)
9BahrainBahrain Cricket Association20172003
10BhutanBhutan Cricket Council Board20172001
11CambodiaCricket Association of Cambodia20222012
12ChinaChinese Cricket Association20172004
13Hong KongCricket Hong Kong, China19691983
14IndonesiaIndonesian Cricket Association20012024
15IranIslamic Republic of Iran Cricket Association20172003
16JapanJapan Cricket Association19892024
17KuwaitKuwait Cricket Association20052005
18MalaysiaMalaysian Cricket Association19671983
19MaldivesCricket Control Board of Maldives20171996
20MongoliaMongolia Cricket Association20212025
21MyanmarMyanmar Cricket Federation20172005
22PhilippinesPhilippine Cricket Association20002025
23QatarQatar Cricket Association20172000
24Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian Cricket Federation20162003
25SingaporeSingapore Cricket Association19741983
26TajikistanTajikistan Cricket Federation20212024
27ThailandCricket Association of Thailand20051996
28UzbekistanCricket Federation of Uzbekistan20222025
Non-members of ICC (2)
29BruneiBrunei Darussalam National Cricket Association2002–20151996
30Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Cricket Association—N/a2012

Notes:

Former members of Asian Cricket Council

Former ACC members that became part of the ICC East Asia-Pacific
No.CountryAssociationICC Membership StatusICC MembershipACC Membership
1FijiFiji Cricket AssociationAssociate19651996–2001
2Papua New GuineaCricket PNGAssociate19731996–2001

Competitions

TournamentRecentCurrent championsRunners-upNext
Men's
Asia Cup2025IndiaPakistan2027
Asia Cup Rising Stars2025Pakistan national cricket team Pakistan ShaheensBangladesh national cricket team Bangladesh A2027
Men's Premier Cup2024United Arab EmiratesOman2026
Men's Challenger Cup2024Saudi ArabiaCambodia2026
Men's Under-19 Asia Cup2025PakistanIndia2026
Under-19 Men's Premier Cup2025United Arab EmiratesNepal2026
Under-16 East Zone Cup2025NepalSingapore2026
Under-16 West Zone Cup2025United Arab EmiratesKuwait2026
Women's
Women's Asia Cup2024Sri LankaIndia2026
Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars2026India ABangladesh A2028
Women's Premier Cup2024United Arab EmiratesMalaysia2026
Women's Under-19 Asia Cup2024IndiaBangladesh2026
Under-19 Women's Premier Cup2026United Arab Emirates Thailand—N/a2028

Defunct events

Officials

Executive Board members

ACC Executive Board Members
NameBoardPost
Mohsin NaqviPakistan Cricket BoardPresident
Pankaj KhimjiOman CricketVice President
Shammi SilvaSri Lanka CricketExecutive Board Member
Rajeev ShuklaBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaExecutive Board Member
Tamim Iqbal KhanBangladesh Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mirwais AshrafAfghanistan Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Khalid Al ZarooniEmirates Cricket BoardExecutive Board Member
Mohamed FaisalCricket Control Board of MaldivesExecutive Board Member
Ashish ShelarBoard of Control for Cricket in IndiaEx Officio; BCCI
Salman NaseerPakistan Cricket BoardPCB
Ashley De SilvaSri Lanka CricketEx Officio; CEO, SLC
Nizam Uddin ChowdhuryBangladesh Cricket BoardEx Officio; CEO, BCB
Naseeb KhanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-officio, CEO, ACB

As of 30 May 2025

ACC Finance and Marketing Committee

ACC Finance and Marketing Committee
NameBoardPost
Shammi SilvaSri Lanka CricketChairman, Finance and Marketing Committee
Mohsin NaqviPakistan Cricket BoardPresident
Aminul Islam BulbulBangladesh Cricket BoardMember
Naseeb KhanAfghanistan Cricket BoardEx-Officio; CEO, ACB
Anoop GidwaniCricket Hong Kong, ChinaMember
Thusith PereraSri Lanka CricketGM Convenor, GM – Finance & Operations

Development team

ACC Development Committee

ACC Development Committee
Aminul Islam BulbulBangladesh Cricket BoardChairman, Development Committee
Mohsin NaqviPakistan Cricket BoardPresident
Faisal Al MarzoukKuwait Cricket AssociationMember
Mahmood GaznaviSingapore Cricket AssociationMember
Chatur Bahadur ChandCricket Association of NepalMember

Resource staff (Umpiring)

Presidents

Sl. NoNameCountryTerm
1N. K. P. SalveIndia1983–1985
2Gamini DissanayakeSri Lanka1985–1987
3Lt. Gen. G.S ButtPakistan1987
4Lt. Gen. Zahid Ali Akbar Khan1988–1989
5Anisul Islam MahmudBangladesh1989–1991
6Abdulrahman BukhatirUnited Arab Emirates1991–1993
7Madhavrao ScindiaIndia1993
8IS Bindra1993–1997
9Upali DharmadasaSri Lanka1997–1998
10Thilanga Sumathipala1998–1999
11Mujibur RahmanPakistan1999
12Zafar Altaf1999–2000
13Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia2000–2002
14Mohammad Ali Asghar LobbyBangladesh2002–2004
15Jagmohan DalmiyaIndia2004–2005
16Sharad Pawar2006
17Jayantha DharmadasaSri Lanka2006–2007
18Arjuna Ranatunga2008
19Dr. Nasim AshrafPakistan2008
20Ijaz Butt2008–2010
21Mustafa KamalBangladesh2010–2012
22N. SrinivasanIndia2012–2014
23Jayantha DharmadasaSri Lanka2014–2015
24Thilanga Sumathipala2015–2016
25Shehreyar KhanPakistan2016
26Ehsan Mani2016–2018
27Nazmul HassanBangladesh2018–2021
28Jay ShahIndia2021–2024
29Shammi SilvaSri Lanka2024–2025
30Mohsin NaqviPakistan2025–present

See also

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