The 2010 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket tournament in Kuwait, taking place between March 31 and April 9, 2010.

The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were: The tournament was beset with players struggling to get visas to gain access to Kuwait.

Bahrain were forced to withdraw from the tournament as they were unable to field a team after a large number of their players were refused visas.

Mohammad Nabi, the Afghanistan all-rounder was refused as visa, as was Hong Kong captain Najeeb Amar.

In response to this, Pandey intends to ask the ACC not to host future tournaments in countries where obtaining a visa is difficult.