Bulgaria national cricket team

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]

Bulgaria

Association	Bulgarian Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain	Prakash Mishra
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region	Europe
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever T20I 90th 52th (30 Aug 2020)
International cricket
First international	v.   Switzerland at Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Last T20I	v.  Bulgaria at Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia; 13 July 2025
T20Is Played Won/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

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  156/6 (20 overs)	v	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

• 2009: 4th place (Division Five)

Euro Twenty-20

• 2010: 3rd place

Grounds

National Sports Academy

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.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Zaid Soulat	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Manan Bashir	25	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Boiko Ivanov	45	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Prakash Mishra	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
Dimo Nikolov	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Isa Zaroo	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Zeerak Chugtai	31	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Firas Hussain	27	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Saim Hussain	28	Left-handed
Jacob Gul	23	Right-handed
Bowlers
Danyal Raja	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Gagandeep Singh	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Milen Gogev	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Waleed Waqar	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bulgaria^[8]

Last updated 13 July 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	56	18	35	0	3	14 October 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 246/4 v Serbia on 26 June 2022 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[9]
• Highest individual score: 108*, Saim Hussain v Malta on 14 May 2022 at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa.^[10]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/16 (3.4 overs), Prakash Mishra v Croatia on 23 June 2023 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[11]

Most T20I runs for Bulgaria[12] Player Runs Average Career span Hristo Lakov 825 31.73 2019–2022 Aravinda De Silva 795 24.84 2020–2022 Kevin D'Souza 669 27.87 2020–2022 Saim Hussain 578 38.53 2022–2023 Prakash Mishra 578 13.76 2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Bulgaria[13] Player Wickets Average Career span Prakash Mishra 43 27.79 2019–2024 Hristo Lakov 32 30.90 2019–2022 Asad Ali Rehemtulla 17 23.76 2020–2022 Sulaiman Ali 14 29.50 2020–2022 Delrick Varghese 13 49.76 2020–2023

T20I record versus other nations^[8]

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

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Austria	1	0	1	0	0	30 July 2022
Croatia	1	1	0	0	0	23 June 2023	23 June 2023
Czech Republic	3	0	3	0	0	4 September 2021
Estonia	1	0	1	0	0	24 August 2024
Finland	1	0	1	0	0	27 August 2024
Gibraltar	8	4	4	0	0	23 October 2021	24 October 2021
Greece	4	2	1	0	1	16 October 2019	18 October 2019
Guernsey	2	0	2	0	0	24 July 2022
Hungary	1	0	1	0	0	11 May 2022
Luxembourg	2	0	2	0	0	2 September 2021
Malta	7	0	6	0	1	23 September 2020
Romania	9	1	8	0	0	16 October 2020	16 October 2020
Serbia	11	7	3	0	1	14 October 2019	14 October 2019
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	0	27 July 2022	27 July 2022
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0	22 October 2021
Turkey	3	2	1	0	0	24 June 2023	24 June 2023

See also

• List of Bulgaria Twenty20 International cricketers
• Bulgaria women's national cricket team