Bulgaria national cricket team

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Bulgaria
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Association Bulgarian Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainPrakash Mishra
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region Europe
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 87th 52th (30 Aug 2020)
International cricket
First internationalv. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland at Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Last T20Iv. Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria at Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia; 13 July 2025
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 56 18/35 (0 ties, 3 no results)
This year [4] 5 3/2 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 13 July 2025

The Bulgaria national cricket team represents Bulgaria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bulgarian Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008 [5] and an associate member in 2017. [1] Bulgaria made its international debut in 2004, at the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia. The majority of its matches since then have come against other European affiliate members of the ICC, including in several European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments. [6]

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History

Since 2018

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bulgaria and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status. [7]

Bulgaria played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

14 October 2019
14:30
Scorecard
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
161/4 (18 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 104* (61)
Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs)
Kiran Dasan 74 (59)
Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs)
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
Marina Ground, Gouvia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

Euro Twenty-20

Grounds

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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Bulgaria

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Bulgaria in the 2024 Continental Cup. Updated as of 26 May 2024.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Zaid Soulat24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Manan Bashir 25Right-handedRight-arm off break
Boiko Ivanov45Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Prakash Mishra25Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
Dimo Nikolov32Right-handedRight-arm medium
Isa Zaroo25Right-handedRight-arm medium
Zeerak Chugtai31Left-handedRight-arm medium
Firas Hussain27Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Saim Hussain28Left-handed
Jacob Gul23Right-handed
Bowlers
Danyal Raja24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Gagandeep Singh31Right-handedRight-arm medium
Milen Gogev31Right-handedRight-arm medium
Waleed Waqar23Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bulgaria [8]

Last updated 13 July 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals5618350314 October 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [8]

Records complete to T20I #3312. Last updated 13 July 2025.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1010030 July 2022
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1100023 June 202323 June 2023
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 303004 September 2021
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1010024 August 2024
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1010027 August 2024
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 8440023 October 202124 October 2021
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4210116 October 201918 October 2019
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 2020024 July 2022
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1010011 May 2022
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 202002 September 2021
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 7060123 September 2020
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9180016 October 202016 October 2020
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 11730114 October 201914 October 2019
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1100027 July 202227 July 2022
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1010022 October 2021
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3210024 June 202324 June 2023

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ Bulgaria Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Other matches played by Bulgaria Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 September 2020.


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