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| cricket format = [[Twenty20 International]]
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| host = {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| champions =
| champions = {{cr|ROM}}
| runner up =
| runner up = {{cr|BUL}}
| participants = 4
| participants = 4
| matches = 9
| matches = 9
| player of the series =
| player of the series = {{cricon|ROM}} Taranjeet Singh
| most runs =
| most runs = {{cricon|ROM}} Ramesh Satheesan (197)
| most wickets = {{cricon|ROM}} Sami Ullah (7)<br />{{cricon|ROM}} [[Pavel Florin]] (7)
| most wickets =
| previous_year =
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| previous_tournament =
| next_year =
| next_year = 2022
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| next_tournament = 2022 Sofia Twenty20
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The '''2021 Sofia Twenty20''' International tournament is a [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) [[cricket]] tournament that is being held in [[Bulgaria]] in June 2021.<ref name="CI">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sofia-twenty20-2021-1267300 |title=Sofia Twenty20 2021 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> The tournament is being played at the [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]] in [[Sofia]] and has been arranged to mark 20 years since the founding of the [[Bulgarian Cricket Federation]].<ref name="EC">{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/sofia-t20-international-tournament-preview/ |title=Sofia T20 International Tournament preview |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> In addition to the hosts [[Bulgaria national cricket team|Bulgaria]], the competing nations are [[Greece national cricket team |Greece]], [[Romania national cricket team|Romania]] and [[Serbia national cricket team|Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://styleguide.ro/previzualizare-turneu-international-sofia-t20/ |title=Previzualizare turneu internațional Sofia T20 |work=Style Guide |access-date=21 June 2021 |language=Romanian |trans-title=Preview Sofia T20 International tour}}</ref> The tournament consists of a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] stage, followed by semi-finals and a final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://czarsportzauto.com/bulgaria-to-host-4-nation-sofia-t20i-tournament-in-june-2021/ |title=Bulgaria to host 4-nation Sofia T20I tournament in June 2021 |work=Czarsportz |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
The '''2021 Sofia Twenty20''' tournament was a [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) [[cricket]] tournament held in [[Bulgaria]] in June 2021.<ref name="CI">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sofia-twenty20-2021-1267300 |title=Sofia Twenty20 2021 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> The tournament was played at the [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]] in [[Sofia]] and was arranged to mark 20 years since the founding of the [[Bulgarian Cricket Federation]].<ref name="EC">{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/sofia-t20-international-tournament-preview/ |title=Sofia T20 International Tournament preview |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> In addition to the hosts [[Bulgaria national cricket team|Bulgaria]], the competing nations were [[Greece national cricket team |Greece]], [[Romania national cricket team|Romania]] and [[Serbia national cricket team|Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://styleguide.ro/previzualizare-turneu-international-sofia-t20/ |title=Previzualizare turneu internațional Sofia T20 |work=Style Guide |access-date=21 June 2021 |language=Romanian |trans-title=Preview Sofia T20 International tour}}</ref> The tournament consisted of a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] stage, followed by semi-finals and a final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://czarsportzauto.com/bulgaria-to-host-4-nation-sofia-t20i-tournament-in-june-2021/ |title=Bulgaria to host 4-nation Sofia T20I tournament in June 2021 |work=Czarsportz |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>


Romania topped the group to setup a semi-final match against Serbia, with Bulgaria and Greece playing in the second semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000945.shtml |title=Romania on top after second day in Sofia T20 |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>
Romania topped the round-robin stage to set up a semi-final match against Serbia, with Bulgaria and Greece playing in the second semi-final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000945.shtml |title=Romania on top after second day in Sofia T20 |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625214415/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000945.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> After winning their semi-final against Serbia, Romania defeated Bulgaria by 7 wickets in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000955.shtml |title=Romania win Sofia T20 |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627114418/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000955.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Squads==
==Squads==
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| rain =
| rain =
| notes = Jacob Albin, Aswad Khan (Bul), Wintley Burton, Brett Davidson, Michael Dorgan, Nicholas Johns-Wickberg, Slobodan Tosic, Nemanja Zimonjic and Vukasin Zimonjic (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
| notes = Jacob Albin, Aswad Khan (Bul), Wintley Burton, Brett Davidson, Michael Dorgan, Nicholas Johns-Wickberg, Slobodan Tosic, Nemanja Zimonjic and Vukasin Zimonjic (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
* Aravinda De Silva became the first batsman for Bulgaria to score a [[List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket|century in T20Is]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000941.shtml |title=Sofia T20 underway in Bulgaria |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>
* Aravinda De Silva became the first batsman for Bulgaria to score a century in T20Is.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000941.shtml |title=Sofia T20 underway in Bulgaria |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624184425/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000941.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267307.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267307.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires = Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
| umpires =
| motm = Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
| motm = Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
| toss = Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
| toss = Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
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| score2 = 100 (16.5 overs)
| score2 = 100 (16.5 overs)
| runs2 = Wintley Burton 22 (12)
| runs2 = Wintley Burton 22 (12)
| wickets2 = Pavel Florin 3/14 (3.5 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Pavel Florin]] 3/14 (3.5 overs)
| result = Romania won by 91 runs
| result = Romania won by 91 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267308.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267308.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires =
| umpires = Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
| motm = Sudeep Thakur (Rom)
| motm = Sudeep Thakur (Rom)
| toss = Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
| toss = Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
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| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267309.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267309.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires =
| umpires = Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
| motm = Prakash Mishra (Bul)
| motm = Prakash Mishra (Bul)
| toss = Greece won the toss and elected to field.
| toss = Greece won the toss and elected to field.
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| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267310.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267310.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires =
| umpires = Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
| motm = Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
| motm = Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
| toss = Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
| toss = Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
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| runs1 = Bakhtiar Tahiri 49 (45)
| runs1 = Bakhtiar Tahiri 49 (45)
| wickets1 = Georgios Galanis 3/17 (4 overs)
| wickets1 = Georgios Galanis 3/17 (4 overs)
| score2 =
| score2 = 33/2 (3.5 overs)
| runs2 = Anastasios Manousis 17[[not out|*]] (10)
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| wickets2 = Hristo Lakov 1/2 (0.5 overs)
| result = Innings break
| result = No result
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267311.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267311.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires =
| umpires = Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
| motm =
| motm =
| toss = Greece won the toss and elected to field.
| toss = Greece won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = No further play was possible due to rain. Bulgaria advanced to the final due to finishing second in the round-robin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2180003 |title=Global Game: Romania win the Sofia Twenty20 tournament |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
| rain =
| notes =
| notes =
}}
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| time = 11:00
| time = 11:00
| daynight =
| daynight =
| team1 = TBC
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BUL}}
| team2 = {{cr|ROM}}
| team2 = {{cr|ROM}}
| score1 =
| score1 = 115/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 =
| runs1 = Sulaiman Ali 21 (19)
| wickets1 =
| wickets1 = Vasu Saini 4/12 (4 overs)
| score2 =
| score2 = 119/3 (10.2 overs)
| runs2 =
| runs2 = Taranjeet Singh 39 (16)
| wickets2 =
| wickets2 = Rohan Bhavesh Patel 1/13 (2 overs)
| result =
| result = Romania won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267312.html Scorecard]
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1267312.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| venue = [[National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski"|National Sports Academy]], [[Sofia]]
| umpires = Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
| umpires =
| motm =
| motm = Sami Ullah (Rom)
| toss = Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
| toss =
| rain =
| rain =
| notes =
| notes =

Latest revision as of 13:48, 22 June 2024

2021 Sofia Twenty20
Dates24 – 27 June 2021
Administrator(s)Bulgarian Cricket Federation
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Bulgaria
Champions Romania
Runners-up Bulgaria
Participants4
Matches9
Player of the seriesRomania Taranjeet Singh
Most runsRomania Ramesh Satheesan (197)
Most wicketsRomania Sami Ullah (7)
Romania Pavel Florin (7)
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The 2021 Sofia Twenty20 tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Bulgaria in June 2021.[1] The tournament was played at the National Sports Academy in Sofia and was arranged to mark 20 years since the founding of the Bulgarian Cricket Federation.[2] In addition to the hosts Bulgaria, the competing nations were Greece, Romania and Serbia.[3] The tournament consisted of a round-robin stage, followed by semi-finals and a final.[4]

Romania topped the round-robin stage to set up a semi-final match against Serbia, with Bulgaria and Greece playing in the second semi-final.[5] After winning their semi-final against Serbia, Romania defeated Bulgaria by 7 wickets in the final.[6]

Squads

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 Bulgaria[2]  Greece[2]  Romania[2]  Serbia[2]
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Jacob Albin
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Rohan Bhavesh Patel
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Vasil Hristov
  • Boiko Ivanov
  • Hristo Ivanov (wk)
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Aswad Khan
  • Fayaz Mohammad
  • Nikolay Nankov
  • Dimo Nikolov
  • Bakhtiar Tahiri
  • Delrick Varghese
  • Nikolay Yordanov
  • Anastasios Manousis (c, wk)
  • Arsalan Ahmed
  • Asrar Ahmed
  • Syed Amanullah
  • Georgios Galanis
  • Spiridon Gasteratos
  • Nikolaos Katechis
  • Alexandros Lagos
  • Alkinoos Manatos
  • Amarpreet Mehmi
  • Aslam Mohammad
  • Nikolaos Mourikis
  • Spiros Siriotis
  • Spiros Tsirigotis
  • Thomas Zotos
  • Ramesh Satheesan (c)
  • Waqar Abbasi
  • Pavel Florin
  • Ijaz Hussain
  • Aftab Kayani
  • Gohar Manan
  • Patras Masih
  • Satvik Nadigotla (wk)
  • Sivakumar Periyalwar
  • Vasu Saini
  • Abdul Shakoor (wk)
  • Taranjeet Singh
  • Sudeep Thakur
  • Sami Ullah
  • Shantanu Vashisht
  • Cosmin Zavoiu
  • Aleksa Djorovic (c)
  • Rahman Ademi
  • Wintley Burton
  • Brett Davidson
  • Dragan Djokic
  • Michael Dorgan
  • Bogdan Dugic
  • Leslie Dunbar (wk)
  • Nicholas Johns-Wickberg
  • Apon Mustafizur
  • Danijel Petrovic
  • Jovan Reb
  • Matija Sarenac
  • Slobodan Tosic
  • Nemanja Zimonjic
  • Vukasin Zimonjic

Round-robin

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Points table

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Team[7] P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Romania 3 3 0 0 0 6 +4.011
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.200
 Greece 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.445
 Serbia 3 0 3 0 0 0 –3.502

Matches

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24 June 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
208/2 (20 overs)
v
 Serbia
147/5 (20 overs)
Aravinda De Silva 100* (60)
Vukasin Zimonjic 1/31 (4 overs)
Slobodan Tosic 38* (57)
Hristo Lakov 2/8 (4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 61 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Sudeep Thakur (Rom)
Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (Bul)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jacob Albin, Aswad Khan (Bul), Wintley Burton, Brett Davidson, Michael Dorgan, Nicholas Johns-Wickberg, Slobodan Tosic, Nemanja Zimonjic and Vukasin Zimonjic (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
  • Aravinda De Silva became the first batsman for Bulgaria to score a century in T20Is.[8]
24 June 2021
17:30
Scorecard
Greece 
157/8 (20 overs)
v
 Romania
159/7 (12.5 overs)
Aslam Mohammad 61 (42)
Shantanu Vashisht 4/22 (4 overs)
Ramesh Satheesan 70 (32)
Spiridon Gasteratos 2/4 (1 over)
Romania won by 3 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Stefan Nerandzic (Srb) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Syed Amanullah, Spiridon Gasteratos, Nikolaos Mourikis, Spiros Siriotis, Thomas Zotos (Gre) and Taranjeet Singh (Rom) all made their T20I debuts.
25 June 2021
10:00
Scorecard
Serbia 
144 (20 overs)
v
 Greece
147/5 (14.3 overs)
Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 24 (17)
Spiridon Gasteratos 2/12 (4 overs)
Aslam Mohammad 54 (25)
Vukasin Zimonjic 2/27 (4 overs)
Greece won by 5 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Aslam Mohammad (Gre)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.
  • Alkinoos Manatos (Gre) made his T20I debut.
25 June 2021
13:30
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
157/8 (20 overs)
v
 Romania
161/3 (14 overs)
Sulaiman Ali 32 (16)
Taranjeet Singh 3/27 (4 overs)
Taranjeet Singh 60 (22)
Prakash Mishra 1/16 (3 overs)
Romania won by 7 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sudeep Thakur (Rom) made his T20I debut.
25 June 2021
17:00
Scorecard
Romania 
191 (19.2 overs)
v
 Serbia
100 (16.5 overs)
Sudeep Thakur 55 (31)
Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 3/19 (4 overs)
Wintley Burton 22 (12)
Pavel Florin 3/14 (3.5 overs)
Romania won by 91 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Sudeep Thakur (Rom)
  • Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
26 June 2021
10:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
197/4 (20 overs)
v
 Greece
133 (16.5 overs)
Hristo Lakov 68* (47)
Asrar Ahmed 2/33 (4 overs)
Anastasios Manousis 27 (19)
Prakash Mishra 3/12 (1.5 overs)
Bulgaria won by 64 runs
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Prakash Mishra (Bul)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.

Play-offs

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1st Semi-final

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26 June 2021
13:30
Scorecard
Serbia 
115/7 (20 overs)
v
 Romania
116/0 (5.4 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 55* (41)
Pavel Florin 2/22 (3 overs)
Taranjeet Singh 57* (19)
Romania won by 10 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Nisarg Shah (Bul)
Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Semi-final

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26 June 2021
17:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
140 (19.5 overs)
v
 Greece
33/2 (3.5 overs)
Bakhtiar Tahiri 49 (45)
Georgios Galanis 3/17 (4 overs)
Anastasios Manousis 17* (10)
Hristo Lakov 1/2 (0.5 overs)
No result
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Andrew Begg (Rom) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain. Bulgaria advanced to the final due to finishing second in the round-robin.[9]

Final

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27 June 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Bulgaria 
115/9 (20 overs)
v
 Romania
119/3 (10.2 overs)
Sulaiman Ali 21 (19)
Vasu Saini 4/12 (4 overs)
Taranjeet Singh 39 (16)
Rohan Bhavesh Patel 1/13 (2 overs)
Romania won by 7 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Stefan Nerandzic (Srb)
Player of the match: Sami Ullah (Rom)
  • Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Sofia T20 International Tournament preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Previzualizare turneu internațional Sofia T20" [Preview Sofia T20 International tour]. Style Guide (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria to host 4-nation Sofia T20I tournament in June 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Romania on top after second day in Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Romania win Sofia T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Sofia Twenty20 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Sofia T20 underway in Bulgaria". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Global Game: Romania win the Sofia Twenty20 tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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