2020 T20I Balkan Cup

The Bulgaria cricket team toured Romania in October 2020 to contest the Balkan Cup over four Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The matches were played between 16 and 18 October 2020 at the Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground in Ilfov County.[2] Romania's only previous official T20I matches were played in August 2019 during the Continental Cup, which was also hosted at the Moara Vlasiei Ground. Bulgaria lost their previous series against Malta a month prior to this tour.[3] Bulgaria won the opening match, but Romania took both matches on the second day. The Bulgarians were bowled out for only 60 runs in the final game and Romania went on to claim the series 3–1.[4]

2020 Balkan Cup
 
  Romania Bulgaria
Dates 16 – 18 October 2020
Captains Ramesh Satheesan Prakash Mishra
Twenty20 International series
Results Romania won the 4-match series 3–1
Most runs Ramesh Satheesan (165) Bakhtiar Tahiri (129)
Most wickets Shantanu Vashisht (4) Prakash Mishra (6)

Squads
 Romania[2]  Bulgaria[2]
  • Ramesh Satheesan (c)
  • Waqar Abbasi
  • Asif Bevinje
  • Petre Danci
  • Pavel Florin
  • Laurentiu Gharasim
  • Marian Gherasim
  • Imran Haider (wk)
  • Ijaz Hussain
  • Aftab Kayani
  • Gohar Manan
  • Patras Masih
  • Satvik Nadigotla (wk)
  • Sivakumar Periyalwar
  • Vasu Saini
  • Abdul Shakoor
  • Sami Ullah
  • Shantanu Vashisht
  • Cosmin Zavoiu
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Agagyul Ahmadhel
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Rohan Bhavesh Patel
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Kiran Dasan (wk)
  • Boiko Ivanov
  • Hristo Ivanov (wk)
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Nikolay Nankov
  • Dimo Nikolov
  • Asad Ali Rehemtulla
  • Bakhtiar Tahiri
  • Delrick Varghese

T20I series

1st T20I
16 October 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
128/5 (20 overs)
v
 Romania
95 (17.4 overs)
Bakhtiar Tahiri 41 (36)
Sami Ullah 2/23 (4 overs)
Abdul Shakoor 20 (25)
Sulaiman Ali 2/8 (2.4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 33 runs
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Andrew Begg (Rom) and Syed Atif Naqvi (Rom)
Player of the match: Bakhtiar Tahiri (Bul)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Asif Bevinje, Marian Gherasim, Aftab Kayani, Vasu Saini, Sami Ullah (Rom) and Asad Ali Rehemtulla (Bul) all made their T20I debuts.
  • Marian Gherasim (Rom), at the age of 14 years and 16 days, became the youngest cricketer to play in a T20I match.[5]

2nd T20I
17 October 2020
10:00
Scorecard
Romania 
148/2 (15 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
96/6 (15 overs)
Ramesh Satheesan 92* (50)
Rohan Bhavesh Patel 1/22 (3 overs)
Sulaiman Ali 33 (28)
Pavel Florin 2/10 (1 over)
Romania won by 52 runs
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Dharmendra Manani (Rom) and Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)
  • Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
  • Patras Masih (Rom) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I
17 October 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Romania 
209/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
175/6 (20 overs)
Ramesh Satheesan 67 (32)
Dimo Nikolov 2/27 (3 overs)
Bakhtiar Tahiri 66 (44)
Waqar Abbasi 2/30 (3 overs)
Romania won by 34 runs
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Dharmendra Manani (Rom) and Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)
  • Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Waqar Abbasi (Rom) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I
18 October 2020
10:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
60 (14.3 overs)
v
 Romania
61/4 (9.4 overs)
Hristo Ivanov 13 (13)
Shantanu Vashisht 3/11 (4 overs)
Cosmin Zavoiu 14 (12)
Prakash Mishra 2/8 (2 overs)
Romania won by 6 wickets
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Aravinda de Silva (Bul) and Dharmendra Manani (Rom)
Player of the match: Shantanu Vashisht (Rom)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.

References
  1. "Balkan Cup 2020". Cricket Romania (via Facebook). 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. "Romania and Bulgaria men's teams to compete for the Balkan Cup". Emerging Cricket. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Malta national cricket team complete clean sweep in Bulgaria". Sports Desk (Times of Malta). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Romania win Balkan Cup series against Bulgaria". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. "Romanian teenager sets new record". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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