Maltese cricket team in Bulgaria in 2020–21
International cricket tour
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The Malta cricket team toured Bulgaria in September 2020 to play four Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The matches were played on 23 and 24 September at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" in Sofia, and were the first official T20I matches played in Bulgaria since the ICC announced that all matches between its member nations would be eligible for this status.[1][3] Following the T20I series, the two sides played an additional four friendly T20 matches in the town of Gabrovo, 200 km west of Sofia, with the Bulgarians using those matches to give chances to players who would be eligible to play official matches for the national team from 2021.[1][4] Malta won the T20I series 2–0 after both matches on the second day were abandoned due to rain, with even the toss not being possible in the second of the two matches on account of rain.[5][6]
| Maltese cricket team in Bulgaria in 2020–21 | |||
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| Bulgaria | Malta | ||
| Dates | 23 – 24 September 2020 | ||
| Captains | Prakash Mishra | Samuel Aquilina | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Malta won the 4-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kiran Dasan (78) | Heinrich Gericke (114) | |
| Most wickets |
Sulaiman Ali (2) Bakhtiar Tahiri (2) Prakash Mishra (2) |
Noshair Akhter (4) Amar Sharma (4) Salu Thomas Kanakalil (4) | |
| Player of the series | Heinrich Gericke (Mlt) | ||
Squads
T20I series
1st T20I
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Ravinder Singh 34 (18) Sulaiman Ali 2/27 (2.1 overs) |
Kiran Dasan 31 (25) Salu Thomas Kanakalil 4/31 (4 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sulaiman Ali, Kevin D'Souza, Aravinda De Silva, Rohan Bhavesh Patel, Bakhtiar Tahiri, Delrick Varghese (Bul), Noshair Akhter, Heinrich Gericke, Salu Thomas Kanakalil, Amar Sharma, Samuel Stanislaus and Varun Thamotharam (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.