Bulgarian cricket team in Serbia in 2022

The Bulgaria cricket team toured Serbia from 8 to 9 July 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) bilateral series against hosts Serbia.[1] Bulgaria won their previous series earlier in June during the 2022 Sofia Twenty20.[2] The series was played at the Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground in Belgrade.[3][4] The series provided both teams with preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.[5]

Bulgarian cricket team in Serbia in 2022
 
  Serbia Bulgaria
Dates 8 – 9 July 2022
Captains Robin Vitas[n 1] Prakash Mishra
Twenty20 International series
Results Serbia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Simo Ivetic (149) Omar Rassol (160)
Most wickets Alister Gajic (7) Hristo Lakov (4)

Squads
 Bulgaria  Serbia
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Jacob Albin
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Saim Hussain (wk)
  • Mukul Kadyan
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Fayaz Mohammad
  • Sandeep Nair
  • Dimo Nikolov
  • Omar Rassol (wk)
  • Asad Ali Rehemtulla
  • Delrick Varghese
  • Tarun Yadav
  • Robin Vitas (c)
  • Mark Pavlovic (vc)
  • Wintley Burton
  • Alexander Dizija
  • Aleksa Djorovic
  • Bogdan Dugic
  • Leslie Dunbar (wk)
  • Alister Gajic
  • Simo Ivetic
  • Nicholas Johns-Wickberg
  • Matthew Kostic
  • Ayo Mene-Ejegi
  • Matija Sarenac
  • Sachin Shinde
  • Slobodan Tosic
  • Nemanja Zimonjic
  • Vukasin Zimonjic

T20I series

1st T20I
8 July 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
152/9 (20 overs)
v
 Serbia
155/3 (18.2 overs)
Prakash Mishra 55 (32)
Alister Gajic 3/26 (3 overs)
Simo Ivetic 65* (57)
Prakash Mishra 1/18 (4 overs)
Serbia won by 7 wickets
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Ayo Mene-Ejegi (Srb)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Alister Gajic, Simo Ivetic, Mark Pavlovic (Srb) and Tarun Yadav (Bul) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I
9 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
154/9 (20 overs)
v
 Serbia
157/2 (19.3 overs)
Omar Rassol 61 (40)
Alister Gajic 4/12 (4 overs)
Simo Ivetic 61* (44)
Prakash Mishra 1/24 (4 overs)
Serbia won by 8 wickets
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Wintley Burton (Srb)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I
9 July 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
206/5 (20 overs)
v
 Serbia
111 (18.5 overs)
Omar Rassol 99* (56)
Matija Sarenac 1/17 (3 overs)
Simo Ivetic 23 (11)
Hristo Lakov 3/21 (4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 95 runs
Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Dragan Djokic (Srb)
Player of the match: Omar Rassol (Bul)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sachin Shinde (Srb) made his T20I debut.

Notes
  1. Mark Pavlovic captained Serbia for the 3rd T20I.

References
  1. "Serbia vs Bulgaria, T20I Bilateral Series this weekend in Belgrade!". Serbia Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. "Bulgaria national team with a record result in the final match against Serbia". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. "Bulgaria Tour of Serbia 2022: Squads, Fixtures and All you need to know". Cricket World. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. "SER vs BUL Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for 1st T20I match, July 8, 8:30 PM IST". News18. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. "Cricket Serbia to host Bulgaria Men's team for T20I series in July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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