2021 Sofia Twenty20
| 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) |
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[edit]
| Bulgaria[2]
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 Greece[2]
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Romania[2]
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 Serbia[2]
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Round-robin[edit]
Points table[edit]
| Team[7] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Romania
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4.011 |
| Bulgaria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.200 |
| Greece
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.445 |
| Serbia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.502 |
Matches[edit]
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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) |
- 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) |
- 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 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) |
- 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 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) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs[edit]
1st Semi-final[edit]
2nd Semi-final[edit]
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Bakhtiar Tahiri 49 (45)
Georgios Galanis 3/17 (4 overs) |
Anastasios Manousis 17* (10)
Hristo Lakov 1/2 (0.5 overs) |
- 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[edit]
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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) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
References[edit]
- ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Sofia T20 International Tournament preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Previzualizare turneu internațional Sofia T20" [Preview Sofia T20 International tour]. Style Guide (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bulgaria to host 4-nation Sofia T20I tournament in June 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Romania on top after second day in Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Romania win Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Sofia T20 underway in Bulgaria". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Romania win the Sofia Twenty20 tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 June 2021.