2021_Sofia_Twenty20
2021 Sofia Twenty20
International cricket tournament
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]
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| Dates | 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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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]
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Points table
Matches
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Aravinda De Silva 100* (60) Vukasin Zimonjic 1/31 (4 overs) |
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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Aslam Mohammad 61 (42) Shantanu Vashisht 4/22 (4 overs) |
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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Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 24 (17) Spiridon Gasteratos 2/12 (4 overs) |
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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Sulaiman Ali 32 (16) Taranjeet Singh 3/27 (4 overs) |
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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Sudeep Thakur 55 (31) Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 3/19 (4 overs) |
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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Hristo Lakov 68* (47) Asrar Ahmed 2/33 (4 overs) |
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.
1st Semi-final
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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
Final
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Sulaiman Ali 21 (19) Vasu Saini 4/12 (4 overs) |
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.
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