Bulgarian cricket team in Serbia in 2022

The Bulgaria cricket team toured Serbia from 8 to 9 July 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) bilateral series against hosts Serbia.[1] Bulgaria won their previous series earlier in June during the 2022 Sofia Twenty20.[2] The series was played at the Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground in Belgrade.[3][4] The series provided both teams with preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.[5]

Bulgarian cricket team in Serbia in 2022
 
  Serbia Bulgaria
Dates 8 – 9 July 2022
Captains Robin Vitas[n 1] Prakash Mishra
Twenty20 International series
Results Serbia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Simo Ivetic (149) Omar Rassol (160)
Most wickets Alister Gajic (7) Hristo Lakov (4)

Squads

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  Bulgaria   Serbia
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Jacob Albin
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Saim Hussain (wk)
  • Mukul Kadyan
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Fayaz Mohammad
  • Sandeep Nair
  • Dimo Nikolov
  • Omar Rassol (wk)
  • Asad Ali Rehemtulla
  • Delrick Varghese
  • Tarun Yadav
  • Robin Vitas (c)
  • Mark Pavlovic (vc)
  • Wintley Burton
  • Alexander Dizija
  • Aleksa Djorovic
  • Bogdan Dugic
  • Leslie Dunbar (wk)
  • Alister Gajic
  • Simo Ivetic
  • Nicholas Johns-Wickberg
  • Matthew Kostic
  • Ayo Mene-Ejegi
  • Matija Sarenac
  • Sachin Shinde
  • Slobodan Tosic
  • Nemanja Zimonjic
  • Vukasin Zimonjic

T20I series

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1st T20I

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8 July 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria  
152/9 (20 overs)
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  Serbia
155/3 (18.2 overs)
Prakash Mishra 55 (32)
Alister Gajic 3/26 (3 overs)
Simo Ivetic 65* (57)
Prakash Mishra 1/18 (4 overs)
Serbia won by 7 wickets
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Ayo Mene-Ejegi (Srb)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Alister Gajic, Simo Ivetic, Mark Pavlovic (Srb) and Tarun Yadav (Bul) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

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9 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria  
154/9 (20 overs)
v
  Serbia
157/2 (19.3 overs)
Omar Rassol 61 (40)
Alister Gajic 4/12 (4 overs)
Simo Ivetic 61* (44)
Prakash Mishra 1/24 (4 overs)
Serbia won by 8 wickets
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Wintley Burton (Srb)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

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9 July 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria  
206/5 (20 overs)
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  Serbia
111 (18.5 overs)
Omar Rassol 99* (56)
Matija Sarenac 1/17 (3 overs)
Simo Ivetic 23 (11)
Hristo Lakov 3/21 (4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 95 runs
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Omar Rassol (Bul)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sachin Shinde (Srb) made his T20I debut.

Notes

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  1. ^ Mark Pavlovic captained Serbia for the 3rd T20I.

References

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  1. ^ "Serbia vs Bulgaria, T20I Bilateral Series this weekend in Belgrade!". Serbia Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Bulgaria national team with a record result in the final match against Serbia". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria Tour of Serbia 2022: Squads, Fixtures and All you need to know". Cricket World. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ "SER vs BUL Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for 1st T20I match, July 8, 8:30 PM IST". News18. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Cricket Serbia to host Bulgaria Men's team for T20I series in July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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