Ukraine have won the 2018 Central European T20 Cup played at Gminny Ośrodek sports & recreation ground in Stare Babice, Warsaw, Poland from Jul 12th – 15th, 2018. Ukraine competed against host’s Poland, Switzerland & Hungary in the 3rd edition of the tournament.
While Ukraine prevailed over Hungary in a tense match for the championship, the 3rd/4th play-off match between Poland and Switzerland was abandoned due to rain. Switzerland will consider themselves unlucky to have finished 3rd overall in the tournament after their final group match against Hungary was also abandoned due to rains.
Host’s Poland, thus failed to win the title for the third consecutive time as Ukraine proved too strong for the other team’s in the tournament.
Brief Scores:
Match#1: Poland 184/7 in 20 overs (Noushad Babu 113, Maaz Shaikh 19, Mohit Keswani 12 n.o, Shahnawaz Mohammad 3/33, Afzaal Sikandar 1/23) beat Switzerland 174/7 in 20 overs (Shahnawaz Mohammad 45, Aidan Andrews 34, Ashwin Vinod 20, Tarun Daluja 3/24, Kulbeer Singh 2/27, Rahul Sharma 1/14) by 10 runs
Match#2: Hungary 87 all out in 19.3 overs (Zeeshan Khan 42, Stan Ahuja 15, Venkateshwar Seethalam 4/15, Majid Gul 2/11, Venkatchlapathi Mugilan 1/17, Vijay Kumar Thorlapati 1/18) lost to Ukraine 88/3 in 15.5 overs (Upadhyay Rakeshbhai 33, Wayne Rowan 19 n.o, Bharman Mohit 14, Harsh Mandhyan 2/19) by 7 wickets
Match#3: Switzerland 144/7 in 20 overs (Aidan Andrews 53, Shahnawaz Mohammad 24, Metthew Martin 18, Khetrapal Raj 3/32, Harsh Mandhyan 2/30, Khaibar Deldar 2/34) lost to Hungary 145/8 in 19.3 overs (Khaibar Deldar 38 n.o, Safi Zahir 25, Stan Ahuja 23, Sufiyan Mohammad 12, Shijo Joseph 3/34, Afzaal Sikandar 2/26, Shahnawaz Mohammad 1/14) by 2 wickets
Match#4: Poland 108 all out in 17.3 overs (Mohit Keswani 29, Imran Bakhroo 21, Kulbeer Singh 20, Venkateshwar Seethalam 3/29, Majid Gul 2/22, Vijay Kumar Thorlapati 1/21) lost to Ukraine 113/4 in 17.5 overs (Vinesh Choudhary 43, Wayne Rowan 21, Bharman Mohit 21, Sandeep Singh 2/29, Husnain Safdar 1/15) by 6 wickets
Match#5: Ukraine 184/8 in 20 overs vs Switzerland (Match abandoned due to rain)
Match#6: Poland 89 all out in 19.3 overs (Maaz Shaikh 22, Kulbeer Singh 19, Stan Ahuja 4/12, Zeeshan Khan 3/12, Khaibar Deldar 1/17) lost to Hungary 90/3 in 15.4 overs (Marc Ahuja 29, Harsh Mandhyan 14 n.o, Stan Ahuja 14, Noushad Babu 2/16, Rahul Sharma 1/22) by 7 wickets
Match#7: (3rd/4th play-off) Poland vs Switzerland (Match abandoned due to rain)
Match#8: (Final) Hungary 128 all out in 19.4 overs (Safi Zahir 45, Khaibar Deldar 17, Zeeshan Khan 15, Saket Malik 3/13, Burra Rajesh 2/8, Vijay Kumar Thorlapati 1/28) lost to Ukraine 129/8 in 19 overs (Majid Gul 34 n.o, Wayne Rowan 28, Venkateshwar Seethalam 27, Habib Deldar 3/16, Zeeshan Khan 2/13, Khetrapal Raj 2/17) by 2 wickets
