Get ready for a cricketing extravaganza like never before! The Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023 is set to kick off in Doha, Qatar, on September 15 2023, and it promises to be an electrifying tournament.
Hosted by Qatar and featuring five other cricketing powerhouses – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – this inaugural championship will showcase the Gulf’s cricketing prowess.
Six teams, 16 T20I matches, and one ultimate goal: to win the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023 trophy. The format is straightforward – a round-robin league with each team facing off once, and the top two contenders will battle it out for glory in the final on September 23rd.
All the cricketing action will unfold at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha, Qatar, providing a spectacular backdrop for this thrilling competition.
For cricket enthusiasts in India, here’s the schedule in India Standard Time (IST):
📅 Friday, September 15
- Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia – 6:30 PM
- Qatar vs Bahrain – 11:00 PM
📅 Saturday, September 16
- Oman vs United Arab Emirates – 6:30 PM
- Bahrain vs Qatar – 11:00 PM
📅 Sunday, September 17
- Qatar vs Oman – 6:30 PM
- United Arab Emirates vs Saudi Arabia – 11:00 PM
📅 Monday, September 18
- Qatar vs Kuwait – 6:30 PM
- Bahrain vs Saudi Arabia – 11:00 PM
📅 Tuesday, September 19
- Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates – 6:30 PM
- Oman vs Bahrain – 11:00 PM
📅 Wednesday, September 20
- Qatar vs United Arab Emirates – 6:30 PM
- Saudi Arabia vs Oman – 11:00 PM
📅 Thursday, September 21
- Qatar vs Saudi Arabia – 11:00 PM
📅 Friday, September 22
- United Arab Emirates vs Bahrain – 6:30 PM
- Oman vs Kuwait – 11:00 PM
📅 Saturday, September 23
- Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023 final – 9:30 PM
🏏 Here are the squads for the participating teams:
Bahrain: Fiaz Ahmed, Haider Ali Butt, Sohail Ahmed, Ahmed Bin Nasir, Imran Ali, Umer Toor, Yasir Nazir, Mohsin Zaki, Imran Anwar, Junaid Niazi, Sathaiyah Veerapathiran, Abdul Majid, Ali Dawood, Muhammad Rizwan Butt
Kuwait: Ahsan Ul Haq, Ali Zaheer, Aslam Nawfer, Bilal Tahir, Ravija Sandaruwan, Meet Bhavsar, Parvinder Kumar, Usman Ghani, Adnan Idrees, Shiraz Khan, Clinto Velookkara Anto, Ilyas Ahmed, Mohamed Shafeeq, Sayed Monib, Shahrukh Quddus, Yasin Patel
Oman: Aaqib Llyas, Ayan Khan, Jatinder Singh, Shoaib Khan, Naseem Khushi, Kashyap Prajapati, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Rafiullah, Samay Shrivastava, Sandeep Goud, Wasim Ali, Muzahir Raza, Fayaz Butt, Jay Odedara, Kaleemullah, Shakeel Ahmad, Bilal Khan
Qatar: Adnan Mirza, Himanshu Rathod, Jassim Khan, Muhammad Jabir, Saqlain Arshad, Imal Liyanage, Uzair Amir, Mirza Mohammed Baig, Amir Farooq, Mohammed Irshad, Bipin Kumar, Muhammad Ikramullah, Muhammad Murad, Bukhari Munchummal
Saudi Arabia: Abdul Waheed, Faisal Khan, Muhammad Ahmad Raza, Umair Sharif, Usman Najeeb, Zain Ul Abidin, Haseeb Ghafoor, Zeeshan Butt, Kashif Abbas, Mohsin Shabbirrajput, Abdul Manan Ali, Atif Ur Rehman, Mohammed Hisham Shaikh, Saad Khan, Zuhair Zuhair, Abdul Wahid, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Waqar Ul Hassan, Mohammed Khalander Mustafa
United Arab Emirates: Ansh Tandon, Asif Khan, Ethan Dsouza, Lovepreet Bajwa, Waseem Muhammad, Aryansh Sharma, Kamran Atta, Vriitya Aravind, Aayan Khan, Ali Naseer, Basil Hameed, Nilansh Keswani, Aditya Shetty, Jash Giyanani, Junayed Siddiqi, Palaniapan Meiyappan, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Muhammad Jawadullah, Sanchit Sharma, Zahoor Khan
