2025 GCC Women's Gulf Cup

2025 GCC Women's Gulf Cup

Dates	12 – 19 December 2025
Administrator	Gulf Cooperation Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and final
Host	Oman
Champions	United Arab Emirates (4th title)
Runners-up	Oman
Participants	6
Matches	16
Most runs	Esha Oza (250)
Most wickets	Esha Oza (10)
← 2022

The 2025 GCC Women's Gulf Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was played in Oman from 12 to 19 December 2025.^{[ citation needed ]} Organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the tournament featured the women's national teams of Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.^{[ citation needed ]}

This was the fifth edition of the women's Gulf Cup.^{[ citation needed ]} The previous edition, played in 2022, was the first edition where the matches had T20I status. ^[1]

Squads

Bahrain [2]	Kuwait [3]	Oman [4]	Qatar [5]	Saudi Arabia [6]	United Arab Emirates [7]
Deepika Rasangika (c) Sadamali Bhakshala Sana Butt (wk) Sweeta Corda Reshel D'Souza Tharanga Gajanayake Poorvaja Jagdeesha (wk) Nipuni Nadeera Swarna Nunna Sudeshika Ranawaka Rasika Rodrigo Eman Shahzadi Pavithra Shetty Ishara Suhun	Amna Tariq (c) Candice Dias Suchitha D'Sa (wk) Venora D'Souza Mariamma Hyder Maria Jasvi Zeefa Jilani Khadija Khalil Priyada Murali Maryam Omar Balasubramani Shanti Tshering Yangchen Bhavani Yekkeli Sabreen Zaki	Priyanka Mendonca (c) Fiza Javed (vc) Afida Afthab Alifiya Sayed Amanda Dcosta Jayadhanyha Gunasekar Hina Javed Sahana Jeelany (wk) Nitya Joshi Sameera Khan Lujaina Trupti Pawde Cynthia Saldanha (wk) Sushanthika Sathiya	Aysha (c) Amna Kashif Sarrinah Ahmed Roheed Akhtar Lihara Ayeysekara Shahreen Bahadur Getrude Chandiru Taful Elkhair Khadija Imtiaz Christeena Jacob Maria Jacob Krisheta Sarvanakumar (wk) Sargam Patel Shrutiben Rana (wk)	Mashael Waqas (c) Mah Noor Aamir Fatima Abbas Najwa Akram Nimra Ghazanfar (wk) Ashmal Hashmi Rumaisa Jawad Nasir Laiba Nasrullah Mah Noor Abeer Maryam Simrah Mirza (wk) Sara Usrah Umar Farooq Aridah Umer Farooq (wk)	Esha Oza (c) Al Maseera Jahangir Michelle Botha Samaira Dharnidharka Udeni Dona Siya Gokhale Vaishnave Mahesh Keziah Miriam Sabin Indhuja Nandakumar Rinitha Rajith Theertha Satish (wk) Athige Silva Mehak Thakur Katie Thompson

Round-robin

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	10	8.517
2	Oman	5	4	1	0	8	2.357
3	Kuwait	5	3	2	0	6	1.042
4	Qatar	5	2	3	0	4	−1.220
5	Bahrain	5	1	4	0	2	−2.099
6	Saudi Arabia	5	0	5	0	0	−8.384

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[8]

Fixtures

12 December 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Kuwait   160/5 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 92 (16.2 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 71 (54) Maria Jacob 2/23 (4 overs)		Aysha 33 (30) Zeefa Jilani 2/8 (2 overs)

Kuwait won by 68 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Rahat Ali (Sau) Player of the match: Zeefa Jilani (Kuw)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
• Tshering Yangchen made her T20I debut for Kuwait after previously playing 3 T20Is for Bhutan, ^[9] becoming the sixth women's cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is.

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12 December 2025 14:00 Scorecard

Oman   63 (19.1 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 65/0 (5.4 overs)
Sameera Khan 12 (20) Esha Oza 3/6 (4 overs)		Esha Oza 43* (18)

United Arab Emirates won by 10 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Ridwan Parkar (Kuw) and Muhammad Usman (Qat) Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)

• Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

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12 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Bahrain   196/3 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 89/9 (20 overs)
Deepika Rasangika 107* (66) Laiba Nasrullah 1/22 (4 overs)		Mashael Waqas 36* (49) Deepika Rasangika 3/19 (3 overs)

Bahrain won by 107 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Deepika Rasangika (Bhr)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Nimra Ghazanfar, Ashmal Hashmi, Laiba Nasrullah, Rumaisa Jawad Nasir, Mah Noor, Mashael Waqas and Sara (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.

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13 December 2025 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   183/5 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 47 (18.4 overs)
Rinitha Rajith 96 (52) Maria Jacob 3/25 (4 overs)		Maria Jacob 8 (24) Indhuja Nandakumar 3/8 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 136 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Meera Bhanushali (Oma) and Ridwan Parkar (Kuw) Player of the match: Rinitha Rajith (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

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13 December 2025 14:00 Scorecard

Oman   203/3 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 36 (18.4 overs)
Jayadhanyha Gunasekar 66 (43) Rumaisa Jawad Nasir 1/26 (3 overs)		Mashael Waqas 12 (25) Amanda D'Costa 3/4 (4 overs)

Oman won by 167 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Arfan Ghani (Bhr) and Muhammad Usman (Qat) Player of the match: Jayadhanyha Gunasekar (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
• Usrah Umar Farooq (Sau) made her T20I debut.

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13 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Bahrain   108/3 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 109/3 (12.5 overs)
Deepika Rasangika 36* (29) Priyada Murali 1/10 (2.5 overs)		Zeefa Jilani 48 (29) Sudeshika Ranawaka 2/19 (2.5 overs)

Kuwait won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Rahat Ali (Sau) Player of the match: Zeefa Jilani (Kuw)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 December 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Bahrain   96/7 (20 overs)	v	Oman 97/1 (12.2 overs)
Deepika Rasangika 46 (47) Alifiya Sayed 3/22 (4 overs)		Nitya Joshi 49 (36) Deepika Rasangika 1/8 (1 over)

Oman won by 9 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Ridwan Parkar (Kuw) and Muhammad Usman (Qat) Player of the match: Nitya Joshi (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

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15 December 2025 14:00 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia   64/8 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 66/1 (8 overs)
Fatima Abbas 16 (35) Aysha 3/10 (4 overs)		Aysha 26* (15) Mah Noor Aamir 1/17 (2 overs)

Qatar won by 9 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Arfan Ghani (Bhr) Player of the match: Aysha (Qat)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Fatima Abbas and Aridah Umer Farooq (Sau) both made their T20I debuts.

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15 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Kuwait   26 (12.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 27/1 (3.5 overs)
Amna Tariq 5 (17) Michelle Botha 4/6 (3 overs)		Esha Oza 13 (8) Tshering Yangchen 1/5 (1 over)

United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Meera Bhanushali (Oma) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Michelle Botha (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Qatar   138/6 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 90 (19 overs)
Aysha 41 (25) Tharanga Gajanayake 1/16 (4 overs)		Pavithra Shetty 21* (31) Getrude Chandiru 2/12 (4 overs)

Qatar won by 48 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Ridwan Parkar (Kuw) Player of the match: Aysha (Qat)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2025 14:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   251/2 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 13 (9.4 overs)
Samaira Dharnidharka 85* (52) Najwa Akram 1/44 (4 overs) Mah Noor Aamir 1/44 (4 overs)		Ashmal Hashmi 4 (5) Athige Silva 4/6 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 238 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Arfan Ghani (Bhr) and Muhammad Usman (Qat) Player of the match: Samaira Dharnidharka (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

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16 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Kuwait   85/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 86/1 (12.4 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 22 (19) Priyanka Mendonca 4/18 (4 overs)		Jayadhanyha Gunasekar 41* (41) Candice Dias 1/20 (3 overs)

Oman won by 9 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Rahat Ali (Sau) Player of the match: Priyanka Mendonca (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

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18 December 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia   20 (12 overs)	v	Kuwait 21/0 (1.3 overs)
Laiba Nasrullah 2* (13) Maryam Omar 3/4 (4 overs)		Zeefa Jilani 10* (4)

Kuwait won by 10 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rabab Ahsan (UAE) and Muhammad Usman (Qat) Player of the match: Maryam Omar (Kuw)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 December 2025 14:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   198/1 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 41 (16 overs)
Esha Oza 102* (68)		Sweeta Corda 9* (21) Samaira Dharnidharka 3/7 (2 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 157 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Ridwan Parkar (Kuw) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Samaira Dharnidharka (UAE) took her second hat-trick in T20Is.^{[ citation needed ]}

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18 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Qatar   97/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 98/4 (15.4 overs)
Shrutiben Rana 39 (44) Afida Afthab 2/11 (3 overs)		Priyanka Mendonca 37* (44) Maria Jacob 1/15 (2 overs)

Oman won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Arfan Ghani (Bhr) Player of the match: Jayadhanyha Gunasekar (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Final

19 December 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Oman   84/7 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 85/1 (12.3 overs)
Fiza Javed 17 (29) Katie Thompson 2/10 (4 overs)		Samaira Dharnidharka 38* (32) Priyanka Mendonca 1/26 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Ridwan Parkar (Kuw)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Oman Cricket announces GCC Women's T20i Cup". Times of Oman. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
2. "🏆 GCC Women's T20i Championship - 2025". Bahrain Cricket Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2025– via Facebook.
3. "All Set for the Gulf Cup!". Kuwait Cricket. Retrieved 10 December 2025– via Facebook.
4. "Oman ready to host GCC Women's T20I Championship". Arabian Stories. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
5. "أعلنت اللجنة القطرية لرياضة الكريكت رسمياً عن مشاركة المنتخب الوطني للسيدات في "بطولة الخليج للكريكت للسيدات T20i" التي تستضيفها سلطنة عُمان خلال الفترة من 12 إلى 19 ديسمبر 2025. تم الكشف عن التشكيلة الرسمية للمنتخب وجدول مبارياته ضمن هذا الإعلان، ويسعى الفريق لتحقيق أداء قوي والمنافسة على اللقب الإقليمي في البطولة الخليجية المرتقبة" [Qatar Cricket Association officially announced the participation of the women's national team in the "Women’s T20i Gulf Cricket Championship", which will be hosted by the Sultanate of Oman from December 12 to 19, 2025. The official squad and the team's match schedule were unveiled as part of this announcement, with the team aiming to achieve a strong performance and compete for the regional title in the anticipated Gulf Championship]. Qatar Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 December 2025– via Facebook.
6. "‏#TeamSaudi squad for the Women's Gulf Cricket Championship in Oman! 📋🏏". Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2025– via Facebook.
7. "UAE announce Squad for GCC Women's T20I Championship 2025; Esha Oza to Lead". Female Cricket. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
8. "Gulf Cricket Women's T20I Championship 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
9. "Former Bhutan international Tshering Yangchen has made her debut for Kuwait against Qatar in the 2025 Women's Gulf Cup". Associate Chronicles. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via Facebook.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo