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The Men’s Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 has returned for its much-anticipated second edition, started from December 13 and will run till December 21. Following the success of its inaugural event in Qatar, this year’s tournament promises to be an exciting showcase of cricketing talent from across the Gulf region. With Oman as the defending champions, the competition is expected to be fierce as six teams vie for the title.
A tournament of regional pride
The Gulf T20I Championship will feature six teams: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Each team will compete in a single round-robin format, where they will face every other team once. This structure not only enhances the competitive spirit but also ensures that fans will see a variety of matchups throughout the nine-day tournament. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will advance to the final, which will be held at the prestigious Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024: Fixtures
- Match 1: UAE vs Bahrain, December 13, 10:30 am
- Match 2: Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia, December 13, 3:00 pm
- Match 3: Bahrain vs Kuwait, December 14, 10:30 am
- Match 4: Oman vs Qatar, December 14, 3:00 pm
- Match 5: UAE vs Oman, December 15, 10:30 am
- Match 6: Qatar vs Saudi Arabia, December 15, 3:00 pm
- Match 7: Bahrain vs Saudi Arabia, December 16, 10:30 am
- Match 8: UAE vs Kuwait, December 16, 3:00 pm
- Match 9: Kuwait vs Qatar, December 17, 10:30 am
- Match 10: Bahrain vs Oman, December 17, 3:00 pm
- Match 11: Oman vs Saudi Arabia, December 18, 10:30 am
- Match 12: UAE vs Qatar, December 18, 3:00 pm
- Match 13: UAE vs Saudi Arabia, December 19, 3:00 pm
- Match 14: Bahrain vs Qatar, December 20, 10:30 am
- Match 15: Kuwait vs Oman, December 20, 3:00 pm
- Final, December 21, 7:30 pm
*All timings are in IST
Broadcast and Live Streaming details
Live streaming of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 will be accessible through the FanCode app and website in India.
Squads
Bahrain: Imran Ali (wk), Ahmer Bin Nasir, Fiaz Ahmed, Haider Butt, Junaid Aziz, Mohd. Asif Shahizan, Sohail Ahmed, Yousif Wali, Asif Ali, Imran Anwar, Muhammad Basil, Shahbaz Badar (wk), Umer Toor (wk), Abdul Majid, Ali Dawood, Imran Khan, Muhammad Salman, Rizwan Butt and Sachin Kumar.
UAE: Aryansh Sharma (wk), Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Waseem, Vishnu Sukumaran, Aayan Khan, Ali Naseer, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Zuhaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Syed Haider (wk), Tanish Suri (wk), Vriitya Aravind (wk), Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Sanchit Sharma and Simranjeet Singh Kang.
Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Ashish Odedara, Karan Sonavale, Pruthvikumar Macchi, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Sandeep Goud, Wasim Ali, Hammad Mirza (wk), Pratik Athavale (wk), Sultan Ahmed (wk), Suraj Kumar (wk), Aamir Kaleem, Bilal Khan, Jay Odedra, Muzahir Raza, Samay Shrivastava, Shakeel Ahmad, Siddharth Bukkapatnam and Sufyan Mehmood.
Saudi Arabia: Waji Ul Hassan (c), Abdul Waheed, Faisal Khan, Sajid Imran Cheema, Syed Ali Abbas, Abdul Wahid, Hisham Shaikh, Saud Syed, Usman Khalid, Zain Ul Abidin, Abdul Manan Ali (wk), Sidharth Sankar (wk), Ahmad Raza, Anwar Saleem, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Shahzaib and Usman Najeeb.
Qatar: Imal Liyanage (wk), Mohammad Ahnaff, Muhammad Tanveer, Saqlain Arshad, Shakkir Kassim, Amir Farooq, Arumuga Ganesh, Himanshu Rathod, Mirza Mohammed Baig, Mohammed Irshad, Muhammad Zaman, Noman Sarwar, Mohammed Rizlan (wk), Gayan Munaweera, Mohammed Nadeem Aslam, Muhammad Ikramullah, Muhammad Jabir and Owais Ahmed.
Kuwait: Mohammed Aslam (c), Ali Zaheer, Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Mohammad Amin, Ravija Sandaruwan, Nimish Lathief, Shiraz Khan, Meet Bhavsar (wk), Usman Patel (wk), Mirza Ahmed, Mohamed Shafeeq, Sayed Monib and Yasin Patel.
