Cricket was included for the first time at the 2010 South Asian Games, hosted by Dhaka, Bangladesh. A men's 20-over tournament was played from 31 January to 7 February 2010.

The tournament was contested by five of the eight members of the South Asian Sports Council, with squads restricted to players aged 21 or under. Two venues were used – the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi and the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.Grounds / South Asian Games, 2009/10 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Bangladesh, captained by Mithun Ali, defeated Sri Lanka in the final to claim the gold medal, while Pakistan defeated Nepal in a play-off for the bronze medal. The leading run-scorer at the tournament was Sri Lanka's Ashan Priyanjan (211 runs),Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 / Most runs – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. while Bangladesh's Subashis Roy and Pakistan's Kamran Hussain were the joint leading wicket-takers, with 10 wickets each.

Eligibility The teams for the South Asian Games had to consist of players who were under the age of 21 as of January 28, 2010.Anand Vasu (20 November 2009). "BCCI May Not Send Team For South Asian Games" – Hindustan Times.

Venues RajshahiDhakaShaheed Qamaruzzaman StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 26,000

Squads Five countries sent teams to the tournament – Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Of those, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), while Nepal was an associate member and the Maldives were an affiliate. In March 2009, it was reported that Afghanistan, Bhutan, and India would also send teams,Tony Munro (2 March 2009). "Afghanistan gear up for 2010 South Asian Games" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016. but this did not eventuate.Martin Williamson (22 January 2010). "Withdrawals blight South Asian Games" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 - Bangladesh Under-21s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 - Maldives Under-21s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 - Nepal Under-21s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 - Pakistan Under-21s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Records / South Asian Games, 2009/10 - Sri Lanka Under-21s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016. Mithun Ali (c) Anamul Haque Ariful Haque Asif Ahmed Emon Ahmed Nasir Hossain Nazmul Islam Rony Talukdar Jubair Rahman Sabbir Rahman Subashis Roy Sunzamul Islam Tanveer Haider Ahmed Hassan (c) Ahmed Ameel Akram Mohamed Hassan Ibrahim Hassan Rasheed Husham Ibrahim Ismail Shayyal Jilwaz Rasheed Maskoor Ibrahim Mihusan Hamid Mohamed Azzum Muhavith Ganee Gyanendra Malla (c) Pradeep Airee Prithu Baskota Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Naresh Budayair Akash Gupta Bhuvan Karki Subash Khakurel Anil Mandal Sunny Pun Chandra Sawad Rupesh Shrivastava Umar Amin (c) Adil Amin Ahsan Jamil Ali Asad Ali Waqas Gulraiz Sadaf Hasan Dar Junaid Khan Kamran Hussain Mohammad Rameez Nayyer Abbas Rameez Alam Shoaib Khaliq Taimur Ali Ashan Priyanjan (c) Dinesh Chandimal Ishan Jayaratne Navin Kavikara Nisham Mazahir Dilshan Munaweera Sachith Pathirana Angelo Perera Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Lahiru Thirimanne Imesh Udayanga

Group stage Points table     Qualified for the final.     Qualified for the bronze medal play-off. Team 4 3 1 0 6 +3.338 4 3 1 0 6 +2.772 4 3 1 0 6 +1.490 4 1 3 0 2 –2.057 4 0 4 0 0 –7.154

Fixtures

Finals

Bronze medal play-off

Final

Statistics

Most runs The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Ashan Priyanjan 211 5 52.75 92* 0 1 Mithun Ali 127 5 25.40 41 0 0 Umar Amin 116 5 29.00 53 0 1 Dilshan Munaweera 110 5 22.00 63 0 1 Ali Asad 105 4 35.00 45* 0 0 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI Subashis Roy 19.0 10 10.10 11.4 5.31 4/6 Kamran Hussain 19.0 10 11.30 11.4 5.94 3/25 Sabbir Rahman 6.4 7 5.42 5.7 5.70 4/31 Sunzamul Islam 18.0 7 14.57 15.4 5.66 3/22 Thisara Perera 18.0 7 16.28 15.4 6.33 2/26 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Final standing RankTeam 5 4 1 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 4 5 1 4 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 0

References

External links Event information and statistics from CricketArchive Event information and statistics from ESPNcricinfo