Dates | 2 – 5 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Romania |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and play-offs |
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Participants | 6 |
Matches | 11 |
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The 2021 Continental Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place at the Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground in Ilfov County, Romania, in the first week of September 2021. [1] Austria won the previous edition in 2019, [2] but did not return to defend the title in 2021. The participating nations were the hosts Romania, along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Malta. [1] Hungary played their first ever official men's T20I match during the tournament. [3] The teams were split into two groups, with the top two in each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Luxembourg topped Group A to set up a semi-final against Hungary, while Romania earned a semi-final against Malta after winning Group B. [4] Luxembourg and Romania advanced to the final by winning their semi-final matches, while the Czech Republic finished in fifth place after defeating Bulgaria in a play-off. [5] On the last day of the tournament, Romania defeated Luxembourg in the final by 33 runs, before Hungary secured third place with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Malta. [6]
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Teams [12] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.692 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.484 | |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.549 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
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Timothy Barker 78 (59) Mukul Kadyan 2/34 (4 overs) | Kevin D'Souza 31 (19) Mohit Dixit 3/19 (4 overs) |
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Varun Thamotharam 28 (22) Vikram Vijh 4/19 (3 overs) | Tony Whiteman 55* (54) Bilal Muhammad 2/22 (4 overs) |
Teams [12] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.075 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.075 | |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.000 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
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Zeeshan Kukikhel 75 (49) Kayul Mehta 3/18 (3 overs) | Sudesh Wickramasekara 58 (41) Zeeshan Kukikhel 2/27 (3 overs) |
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Satvik Nadigotla 38 (23) Kyle Gilham 2/34 (4 overs) | Arun Ashokan 51 (30) Sami Ullah 3/30 (4 overs) |
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Ramesh Satheesan 76 (41) Harshvardhan Mandhyan 3/33 (4 overs) | Zeeshan Kukikhel 76 (41) Asif Bevinje 5/30 (4 overs) |
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Hristo Lakov 64* (58) Naveed Ahmed 3/17 (4 overs) | Vyshakh Jagannivasan 55 (41) Jacob Albin 1/20 (2 overs) |
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Joost Mees 43 (29) Zeeshan Kukikhel 3/37 (4 overs) | Satyadeep Ashwathnarayana 41* (19) Vikram Vijh 3/21 (3.3 overs) |
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Taranjeet Singh 91 (57) Waseem Abbas 5/37 (4 overs) | Bikram Arora 42 (38) Pavel Florin 2/3 (1 over) |
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Satvik Nadigotla 55 (38) Vikram Vijh 2/24 (3.5 overs) | Advyth Manepalli 22 (19) Aftab Kayani 2/7 (2 overs) |