2022 Sofia Twenty20

International cricket tour

2022 Sofia Twenty20

	Bulgaria	Serbia
Dates	24 – 26 June 2022
Captains	Prakash Mishra^{[n 1]}	Robin Vitas
Twenty20 International series
Results	Bulgaria won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Kevin D'Souza (197)	Leslie Dunbar (284)
Most wickets	Mukul Kadyan (5) Asad Ali Rehemtulla (5)	Matija Sarenac (4)

The 2022 Sofia Twenty20 tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in June 2022.^[1] This was the second edition of the Sofia Twenty20; the 2021 tournament was contested by four nations, but the 2022 edition took the form of a four-match bilateral series between Bulgaria and Serbia.^[2] The series was played at the National Sports Academy in Sofia.^{[dead link]} The series provided both teams with preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.^[3]

Squads

Bulgaria^[2]	Serbia^[2]
Prakash Mishra (c) Hristo Lakov (vc) Atagul Ahmadhel Jacob Albin Sulaiman Ali Aravinda De Silva Kevin D'Souza Vasil Hristov Saim Hussain (wk) Mukul Kadyan Ivaylo Katzarski Ahsan Khan Fayaz Mohammad Sandeep Nair Dimo Nikolov Karthik Pillai Omar Rassol (wk) Asad Ali Rehemtulla Bakhtiar Tahiri Delrick Varghese	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 Stefan Nerandzic Matija Sarenac Slobodan Tosic Nemanja Zimonjic Vukasin Zimonjic

T20I series

1st T20I

24 June 2022
17:00
Scorecard

Serbia 225/6 (20 overs)	v	Bulgaria 229/4 (19.3 overs)
Wintley Burton 83 (27) Ahsan Khan 2/18 (3 overs)		Kevin D'Souza 92* (34) Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 2/39 (3.3 overs)

Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Kevin D'Souza (Bul)

Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
Matthew Kostic, Ayo Mene-Ejegi and Robin Vitas (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

25 June 2022
13:30
Scorecard

Serbia 194/8 (20 overs)	v	Bulgaria 199/5 (19 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 89 (45) Mukul Kadyan 2/28 (4 overs)		Aravinda De Silva 58 (36) Matija Sarenac 2/31 (3 overs)

Bulgaria won by 5 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (Bul)

Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
Alexander Dizija (Srb) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

25 June 2022
17:00
Scorecard

Serbia 185/4 (20 overs)	v	Bulgaria 122/1 (11.5 overs)
Alexander Dizija 92 (56) Mukul Kadyan 2/20 (3 overs)		Saim Hussain 57* (27) Matija Sarenac 1/16 (2 overs)

Bulgaria won by 40 runs (DLS method)
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Saim Hussain (Bul)

Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
No further play was possible due to rain.

4th T20I

26 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard

Serbia 242/4 (20 overs)	v	Bulgaria 246/4 (19.4 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 117 (50) Hristo Lakov 2/32 (4 overs)		Saim Hussain 71 (24) Wintley Burton 1/16 (2.4 overs)

Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Velguo Vilimonovic (Srb)
Player of the match: Hristo Lakov (Bul)

Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
Bulgaria's 246/4 was the highest score achieved by a team batting second in a T20I.^[4]

Notes

^ Hristo Lakov captained Bulgaria for the 3rd T20I.

References

^ "Bulgaria vs Serbia T20I bilateral series". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bulgaria cricket team to host Serbia men's team for T20I series in June 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Victory over Serbia in the disputed match 229:225 for Bulgaria". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ "Bulgaria national team with a record result in the final match against Serbia". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 28 June 2022.