2021 Sofia Twenty20

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2021 Sofia Twenty20Dates| 24 – 27 June 2021

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Administrator(s)| Bulgarian Cricket Federation
Cricket format| Twenty20 International
Host(s)|  Bulgaria
Champions|  Romania
Runners-up|  Bulgaria
Participants| 4
Matches| 9
Player of the series|  Taranjeet Singh
Most runs|  Ramesh Satheesan (197)
Most wickets|  Sami Ullah (7)
Pavel Florin (7)

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The 2021 Sofia Twenty20 tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Bulgaria in June 2021.[1] The tournament was played at the National Sports Academy in Sofia and was arranged to mark 20 years since the founding of the Bulgarian Cricket Federation.[2] In addition to the hosts Bulgaria, the competing nations were Greece, Romania and Serbia.[3] The tournament consisted of a round-robin stage, followed by semi-finals and a final.[4]

Romania topped the round-robin stage to set up a semi-final match against Serbia, with Bulgaria and Greece playing in the second semi-final.[5] After winning their semi-final against Serbia, Romania defeated Bulgaria by 7 wickets in the final.[6]

## Squads

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Bulgaria[2] |  Greece[2] |  Romania[2] |  Serbia[2]

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* Prakash Mishra (c)
* Hristo Lakov (vc)
* Jacob Albin
* Sulaiman Ali
* Rohan Bhavesh Patel
* Kevin D'Souza
* Aravinda De Silva
* Vasil Hristov
* Boiko Ivanov
* Hristo Ivanov (wk)
* Ivaylo Katzarski
* Aswad Khan
* Fayaz Mohammad
* Nikolay Nankov
* Dimo Nikolov
* Bakhtiar Tahiri
* Delrick Varghese
* Nikolay Yordanov

* Anastasios Manousis (c, wk)
* Arsalan Ahmed
* Asrar Ahmed
* Syed Amanullah
* Georgios Galanis
* Spiridon Gasteratos
* Nikolaos Katechis
* Alexandros Lagos
* Alkinoos Manatos
* Amarpreet Mehmi
* Aslam Mohammad
* Nikolaos Mourikis
* Spiros Siriotis
* Spiros Tsirigotis
* Thomas Zotos

* Ramesh Satheesan (c)
* Waqar Abbasi
* Pavel Florin
* Ijaz Hussain
* Aftab Kayani
* Gohar Manan
* Patras Masih
* Satvik Nadigotla (wk)
* Sivakumar Periyalwar
* Vasu Saini
* Abdul Shakoor (wk)
* Taranjeet Singh
* Sudeep Thakur
* Sami Ullah
* Shantanu Vashisht
* Cosmin Zavoiu

* Aleksa Djorovic (c)
* Rahman Ademi
* Wintley Burton
* Brett Davidson
* Dragan Djokic
* Michael Dorgan
* Bogdan Dugic
* Leslie Dunbar (wk)
* Nicholas Johns-Wickberg
* Apon Mustafizur
* Danijel Petrovic
* Jovan Reb
* Matija Sarenac
* Slobodan Tosic
* Nemanja Zimonjic
* Vukasin Zimonjic

## Round-robin

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### Points table

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Team[7] |  P  |  W  |  L  |  T  |  NR  |  Pts  |  NRR

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Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4.011
Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.200
Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.445
Serbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.502

### Matches

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24 June 2021
14:00
Scorecard

Bulgaria
208/2 (20 overs)

Serbia
147/5 (20 overs)

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Aravinda De Silva 100* (60)
Vukasin Zimonjic 1/31 (4 overs)

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Slobodan Tosic 38* (57)
Hristo Lakov 2/8 (4 overs)

Bulgaria won by 61 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Sudeep Thakur (Rom)
Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (Bul)

* Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
* Jacob Albin, Aswad Khan (Bul), Wintley Burton, Brett Davidson, Michael Dorgan, Nicholas Johns-Wickberg, Slobodan Tosic, Nemanja Zimonjic and Vukasin Zimonjic (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
* Aravinda De Silva became the first batsman for Bulgaria to score a century in T20Is.[8]

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24 June 2021
17:30
Scorecard

Greece
157/8 (20 overs)

Romania
159/7 (12.5 overs)

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Aslam Mohammad 61 (42)
Shantanu Vashisht 4/22 (4 overs)

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Ramesh Satheesan 70 (32)
Spiridon Gasteratos 2/4 (1 over)

Romania won by 3 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Stefan Nerandzic (Srb) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)

* Greece won the toss and elected to bat.
* Syed Amanullah, Spiridon Gasteratos, Nikolaos Mourikis, Spiros Siriotis, Thomas Zotos (Gre) and Taranjeet Singh (Rom) all made their T20I debuts.

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25 June 2021
10:00
Scorecard

Serbia
144 (20 overs)

Greece
147/5 (14.3 overs)

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Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 24 (17)
Spiridon Gasteratos 2/12 (4 overs)

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Aslam Mohammad 54 (25)
Vukasin Zimonjic 2/27 (4 overs)

Greece won by 5 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Aslam Mohammad (Gre)

* Greece won the toss and elected to field.
* Alkinoos Manatos (Gre) made his T20I debut.

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25 June 2021
13:30
Scorecard

Bulgaria
157/8 (20 overs)

Romania
161/3 (14 overs)

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Sulaiman Ali 32 (16)
Taranjeet Singh 3/27 (4 overs)

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Taranjeet Singh 60 (22)
Prakash Mishra 1/16 (3 overs)

Romania won by 7 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)

* Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sudeep Thakur (Rom) made his T20I debut.

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25 June 2021
17:00
Scorecard

Romania
191 (19.2 overs)

Serbia
100 (16.5 overs)

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Sudeep Thakur 55 (31)
Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 3/19 (4 overs)

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Wintley Burton 22 (12)
Pavel Florin 3/14 (3.5 overs)

Romania won by 91 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Sudeep Thakur (Rom)

* Romania won the toss and elected to bat.

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26 June 2021
10:00
Scorecard

Bulgaria
197/4 (20 overs)

Greece
133 (16.5 overs)

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Hristo Lakov 68* (47)
Asrar Ahmed 2/33 (4 overs)

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Anastasios Manousis 27 (19)
Prakash Mishra 3/12 (1.5 overs)

Bulgaria won by 64 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Prakash Mishra (Bul)

* Greece won the toss and elected to field.

## Play-offs

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### 1st Semi-final

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26 June 2021
13:30
Scorecard

Serbia
115/7 (20 overs)

Romania
116/0 (5.4 overs)

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Leslie Dunbar 55* (41)
Pavel Florin 2/22 (3 overs)

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Taranjeet Singh 57* (19)

Romania won by 10 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)

* Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd Semi-final

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26 June 2021
17:00
Scorecard

Bulgaria
140 (19.5 overs)

Greece
33/2 (3.5 overs)

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Bakhtiar Tahiri 49 (45)
Georgios Galanis 3/17 (4 overs)

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Anastasios Manousis 17* (10)
Hristo Lakov 1/2 (0.5 overs)

No result
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)

* Greece won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain. Bulgaria advanced to the final due to finishing second in the round-robin.[9]

### Final

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27 June 2021
11:00
Scorecard

Bulgaria
115/9 (20 overs)

Romania
119/3 (10.2 overs)

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Sulaiman Ali 21 (19)
Vasu Saini 4/12 (4 overs)

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Taranjeet Singh 39 (16)
Rohan Bhavesh Patel 1/13 (2 overs)

Romania won by 7 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Sami Ullah (Rom)

* Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.

## References

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1. ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
2. ^ a b c d e "Sofia T20 International Tournament preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
3. ^ "Previzualizare turneu internațional Sofia T20" [Preview Sofia T20 International tour]. Style Guide (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. ^ "Bulgaria to host 4-nation Sofia T20I tournament in June 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
5. ^ "Romania on top after second day in Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
6. ^ "Romania win Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
7. ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
8. ^ "Sofia T20 underway in Bulgaria". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
9. ^ "Global Game: Romania win the Sofia Twenty20 tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

## External links

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* Scotland in Netherlands
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July 2021|

* T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
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September 2021|

* New Zealand women in England
* Continental Cup
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