2022 Sofia Twenty20

2022 Sofia Twenty20
 
  Bulgaria Serbia
Dates 24 – 26 June 2022
Captains Prakash Mishra[n 1] Robin Vitas
Twenty20 International series
Results Bulgaria won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Kevin D'Souza (197) Leslie Dunbar (284)
Most wickets Mukul Kadyan (5)
Asad Ali Rehemtulla (5)		 Matija Sarenac (4)

The 2022 Sofia Twenty20 tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in June 2022.[1] This was the second edition of the Sofia Twenty20; the 2021 tournament was contested by four nations, but the 2022 edition took the form of a four-match bilateral series between Bulgaria and Serbia.[2] The series was played at the National Sports Academy in Sofia.[dead link‍] The series provided both teams with preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.[3]

Squads

 Bulgaria[2]  Serbia[2]
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Atagul Ahmadhel
  • Jacob Albin
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Vasil Hristov
  • Saim Hussain (wk)
  • Mukul Kadyan
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Ahsan Khan
  • Fayaz Mohammad
  • Sandeep Nair
  • Dimo Nikolov
  • Karthik Pillai
  • Omar Rassol (wk)
  • Asad Ali Rehemtulla
  • Bakhtiar Tahiri
  • Delrick Varghese
  • Robin Vitas (c)
  • Mark Pavlovic (vc)
  • Wintley Burton
  • Alexander Dizija
  • Aleksa Djorovic
  • Bogdan Dugic
  • Leslie Dunbar (wk)
  • Alister Gajic
  • Simo Ivetic
  • Nicholas Johns-Wickberg
  • Matthew Kostic
  • Ayo Mene-Ejegi
  • Stefan Nerandzic
  • Matija Sarenac
  • Slobodan Tosic
  • Nemanja Zimonjic
  • Vukasin Zimonjic

T20I series

1st T20I

24 June 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Serbia 
225/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
229/4 (19.3 overs)
Wintley Burton 83 (27)
Ahsan Khan 2/18 (3 overs)
Kevin D'Souza 92* (34)
Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 2/39 (3.3 overs)
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Kevin D'Souza (Bul)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Matthew Kostic, Ayo Mene-Ejegi and Robin Vitas (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

25 June 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Serbia 
194/8 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
199/5 (19 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 89 (45)
Mukul Kadyan 2/28 (4 overs)
Aravinda De Silva 58 (36)
Matija Sarenac 2/31 (3 overs)
Bulgaria won by 5 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (Bul)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Alexander Dizija (Srb) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

25 June 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Serbia 
185/4 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
122/1 (11.5 overs)
Alexander Dizija 92 (56)
Mukul Kadyan 2/20 (3 overs)
Saim Hussain 57* (27)
Matija Sarenac 1/16 (2 overs)
Bulgaria won by 40 runs (DLS method)
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Saim Hussain (Bul)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

4th T20I

26 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Serbia 
242/4 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
246/4 (19.4 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 117 (50)
Hristo Lakov 2/32 (4 overs)
Saim Hussain 71 (24)
Wintley Burton 1/16 (2.4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Hristo Lakov (Bul)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bulgaria's 246/4 was the highest score achieved by a team batting second in a T20I.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Hristo Lakov captained Bulgaria for the 3rd T20I.

References

  1. ^ "Bulgaria vs Serbia T20I bilateral series". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Bulgaria cricket team to host Serbia men's team for T20I series in June 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Victory over Serbia in the disputed match 229:225 for Bulgaria". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria national team with a record result in the final match against Serbia". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 28 June 2022.


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