The Maldives national team opens its campaign in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier B, 2026 on Thursday 8 October, against China. The match starts at 11:00 Maldives time (14:00 in Kuala Lumpur) at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur. The match can be watched live on ICC.tv, free in Maldives; viewers need to sign up to watch.
Fixtures
- Match 1 — China v Maldives. Thursday 8 October, 11:00 Maldives time (14:00 Kuala Lumpur), Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur.
- Match 6 — Maldives v Singapore. Friday 9 October, 11:00 Maldives time (14:00 Kuala Lumpur), Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur.
- Malaysia v Maldives. Sunday 11 October, 06:15 Maldives time (09:15 Kuala Lumpur).
Maldives also play Hong Kong China and Saudi Arabia later in the week. Those dates have not yet been published and will be added here when they are. Qualifier B has six teams: Maldives, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong China, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. A separate Qualifier A is being played in Malaysia at the same time.
Captains’ meeting and practice
The tournament captains’ meeting was held on Tuesday evening, 6 October, with the captains of all six Qualifier B teams present. Maldives were represented by captain Hassan Haziq Rasheed. The squad has since practised in Kuala Lumpur ahead of Thursday’s start.
The squad
The squad of 14: Ameel Mauroof, Ibrahim Rizan, Umar Adam, Hassan Haziq Rasheed, Nazwan Ismail, Ismail Ali, Mohamed Rishwan, Azyan Farhath, Tharusha Kavinda, Shafraz Jaleel, Abdulla Mabsar, Jayamal Yapa, Harsha Amarasinghe and Iqbal Sheraz.
Before travelling to Kuala Lumpur the squad prepared at a training camp in Sri Lanka, playing two practice matches against the SLC Emerging Team on natural turf, which is not available at home.
Watching and following the match
China v Maldives can be watched live on ICC.tv, free in Maldives, at icc-cricket.com/icc-tv. Viewers need to sign up to watch.
Scorecard, commentary and statistics are on the ICC match centre: icc-cricket.com/matches/274904/china-vs-maldives.
