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was included for the first time at the

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, hosted by

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. 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 Shaheed A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman Stadium ( bn, শহীদ এএইচএম কামারুজ্জামান স্টেডিয়াম), also known as Rajshahi Divisional Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The sta ...

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and the

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in Dhaka.

, captained by

Mithun Ali Mohammad Mithun ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মিঠুন; born March 3, 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first class in 2006/07 season for Sylhet Division. He plays for Sylhet Sunrisers in the Bangladesh Premier League. He mad ...

, defeated

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

in the final to claim the gold medal, while

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defeated

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in a play-off for the bronze medal. The leading run-scorer at the tournament was Sri Lanka's

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, while Bangladesh's

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and Pakistan's

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were the joint leading wicket-takers.

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.

Squads

Five countries sent teams to the tournament –

, the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

, and

. Of those, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were full members of the

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(ICC), while Nepal was an associate member and the Maldives were an affiliate. In March 2009, it was reported that

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Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

, and

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would also send teams, but this did not eventuate.Martin Williamson (22 January 2010)
"Withdrawals blight South Asian Games"
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

Group stage

Points table

Fixtures

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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

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. Source
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Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by

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Final standing

References

External links

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