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(s) | Qatar Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  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 will host the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A tournament, which will feature Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as Maldives.[6]
Squads
editRound-robin
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edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.592 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Oman
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.110 | |
| 3 | Qatar
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.503 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.518 | |
| 5 |  Kuwait
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.391 | |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.292 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]
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.
References
edit- ^ "Qatar set to host Gulf T20 Championship next month". The Peninsula. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Qatar to swing into action with Gulf T20 cricket championship". Doha News. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Cricketers ready for Gulf T20 tournament". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Oman wins inaugural Gulf T20 championship". Muscat Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Oman beat UAE to win Gulf T20 title". The Peninsula. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "QCA gear up to host first T20 Gulf Cricket Championship". Gulf Times. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Here is our final men's squad headed for the Gulf T20I Championship which is being held in Doha, Qatar from the 15th to the 23rd of September". Bahrain Cricket Association. Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Kuwait National Men's team led by skipper Mohammad Aslam is all set and ready to embark on a dream journey later today for the inaugural Gulf T20I Cricket Championship @gcccricket followed by the ICC - International Cricket Council T20 World Cup Qualifiers in Doha - Qatar". Kuwait Cricket Association. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ @TheOmanCricket (13 September 2023). "Here's our Squad for the inaugural edition of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Mohammed Hisham Shaikh will lead the 14-player #TeamSaudi squad at the GCC T20i championship hosted by @qca.qtr". Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ "UAE to compete in six-team Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2023.