2023 Men's Gulf T20I Championship
International cricket tournament
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The 2023 Men's Gulf T20I Championship was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Qatar in September 2023.[1] The participating teams in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Championship were the hosts Qatar along with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.[2] All of the matches were played at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha. The top two sides in the round-robin advanced to the final.[3]
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| Dates | 15 – 23 September 2023 |
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| Administrator | Qatar Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host |  Qatar |
| Champions |  Oman (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United Arab Emirates |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Player of the series | Muhammad Waseem |
| Most runs | Muhammad Waseem (316) |
| Most wickets | Ali Naseer (11) |
Oman defeated United Arab Emirates in the final by 5 wickets to win the championship.[4][5]
A few days after the final, the same venue hosted the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A tournament, which featured Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as Maldives.[6]
Squads
Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.592 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Oman |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.110 | |
| 3 | Qatar |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.503 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.518 | |
| 5 |  Kuwait |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.391 | |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.292 |
Fixtures
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Faisal Khan 62 (42) Adnan Idrees 2/17 (3 overs) |
Ravija Sandaruwan 58 (41) Hisham Sheikh 1/28 (3 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Parvindar Kumar, Ahsan ul Haq (Kuw), Manan Ali and Mohsin Shabbir (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.
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Imran Anwar 37 (27) Muhammad Jabir 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- Bahrain were set a revised target of 124 runs in 17 overs due to a floodlight failure.
- Uzair Amir, Mirza Mohammed Baig, Bukhar Illikkal, Muhammad Jabir, Bipin Kumar, Adnan Mirza, Himanshu Rathod (Qat) and Mohsin Zaki (Bhr) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Shakeel Ahmed (Oma) made his T20I debut.
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- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
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Mohammad Nadeem 36 (41) Muhammad Jabir 4/37 (4 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jassim Khan (Qat) made his T20I debut.
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Abdul Waheed 46 (42) Muhammad Jawadullah 4/27 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kashif Abbas (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Manan Ali 49 (37) Rizwan Butt 4/24 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Baladraf (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Clinto Anto (Kuw) made his T20I debut.
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Imran Ali 44 (55) Fayyaz Butt 3/29 (4 overs) |
Kashyap Prajapati 49 (53) Rizwan Butt 4/26 (4 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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Aryansh Sharma 58 (44) Himanshu Rathod 2/9 (2 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammed Irshad (Qat) made his T20I debut.
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Naseem Khushi 64 (45) Khalander Mustafa 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
- Khalander Mustafa and Umair Sharif (Sau) both made their T20I debuts.
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Abdul Waheed 46 (42) Adnan Mirza 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nilansh Keswani (UAE) made his T20I debut.
Final
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.