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) |
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]
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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.592 | Advanced to the final |
2 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.110 | |
3 | Qatar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.503 | |
4 | Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.518 | |
5 | Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.391 | |
6 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.292 |
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Faisal Khan 62 (42) Adnan Idrees 2/17 (3 overs) | Ravija Sandaruwan 58 (41) Hisham Sheikh 1/28 (3 overs) |
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Imran Anwar 37 (27) Muhammad Jabir 2/26 (4 overs) |
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Mohammad Nadeem 36 (41) Muhammad Jabir 4/37 (4 overs) |
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Abdul Waheed 46 (42) Muhammad Jawadullah 4/27 (4 overs) |
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Manan Ali 49 (37) Rizwan Butt 4/24 (4 overs) |
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Imran Ali 44 (55) Fayyaz Butt 3/29 (4 overs) | Kashyap Prajapati 49 (53) Rizwan Butt 4/26 (4 overs) |
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Aryansh Sharma 58 (44) Himanshu Rathod 2/9 (2 overs) |
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Naseem Khushi 64 (45) Khalander Mustafa 2/26 (4 overs) |
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Abdul Waheed 46 (42) Adnan Mirza 3/13 (3 overs) |
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