# 2022 Valletta Cup

The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022. It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania. Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition. Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively. The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final.
In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is. Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches. Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final.

## Squads

| Bulgaria | Czech Republic | Gibraltar | Hungary | Malta | Romania |
| Prakash Mishra (c) Jacob Albin Kevin D'Souza Aravinda De Silva Vasil Hristov Saim Hussain (wk) Ivaylo Katzarski Ahsan Khan Hristo Lakov Sandeep Nair Dimo Nikolov Karthik Pillai Omar Rassol (wk) Asad Ali Rehemtulla Delrick Varghese | Arun Ashokan (c) Naveed Ahmed Sazib Bhuiyan Shubhranshu Chaudhary Sabawoon Davizi Vyshakh Jagannivasan Smit Patel Sharan Ramakrishnan Satyajit Sengupta Divyendra Singh (wk) Dylan Steyn Ritik Tomar Sudesh Wickramasekara | Avinash Pai (c) Kieron Ferrary (vc) Nikhil Advani Samarth Bodha Louis Bruce Richard Cunningham Mark Garratt Mark Gouws Richard Hatchman Joseph Marples (wk) Kenroy Nestor Robin Petrie Andrew Reyes Christian Rocca Zachary Simpson Matthew Whelan | Abhijeet Ahuja (c) Bhavani Adapaka Abhishek Ahuja (wk) Satyadeep Ashwathnarayana (wk) Khaibar Deldar Ali Farasat Mark Fontaine Abishek Kheterpal Akramullah Malikzada Harshvardhan Mandhyan Zahir Mohammed Sandeep Mohandas Gabor Torok Asanka Weligamage | Bikram Arora (c) Amar Sharma (vc) Waseem Abbas Imran Ameer Gopal Chaturvedi Basil George Heinrich Gericke (wk) Jaison Jerome Aaftab Alam Khan (wk) Zeeshan Khan Niraj Khanna Divyes Kumar Bilal Muhammad Jitesh Patel Justin Shaju Samuel Stanislaus Varun Thamotharam | Ramesh Satheesan (c) Mihai Achim Arun Chandrasekaran Marian Gherasim Ijaz Hussain Senthilvel Karthikeyan Aftab Kayani Rajesh Kumar Gaurav Mishra Muhammad Moiz Satvik Nadigotla (wk) Sivakumar Periyalwar Rajendra Pisal Sukhkaran Sahi Vasu Saini Abdul Shakoor (wk) Taranjeet Singh Cosmin Zavoiu |
The Czech Republic also named Kranthi Venkataswamy and Neeraj Tyagi as reserves.

## Round-robin
### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Malta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.014 |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.498 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.237 |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.251 |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.439 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.115 |
* Advanced to the final
* Advanced to the third-place play-off
* Advanced to the fifth-place play-off

### Fixtures

* 10 May 2022 08:30 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 132/6 (20 overs) | v | Malta 135/5 (16.5 overs) |
| Avinash Pai 42 (39) Amar Sharma 2/24 (4 overs) | | Basil George 36 (30) Zachary Simpson 2/32 (2.5 overs) |
* Malta won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt)
* Malta won the toss and elected to field.
* Jaison Jerome (Mlt), Samarth Bodha, Mark Gouws, Zachary Simpson and Matthew Whelan (Gib) all made their T20I debuts.
* 10 May 2022 12:15 Scorecard
| Malta 206/7 (20 overs) | v | Hungary 161/6 (20 overs) |
| Basil George 60 (36) Asanka Weligamage 3/45 (4 overs) | | Harshvardhan Mandhyan 41 (25) Waseem Abbas 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Malta won by 45 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Bikram Arora (Mlt)
* Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
* Bhavani Adapaka, Abhishek Ahuja, Ali Farasat and Akramullah Malikzada (Hun) all made their T20I debuts.
* 10 May 2022 15:45 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 137/8 (20 overs) | v | Hungary 138/6 (18.4 overs) |
| Kieron Ferrary 24 (22) Sandeep Mohandas 2/31 (4 overs) | | Harshvardhan Mandhyan 29 (27) Samarth Bodha 3/26 (3.4 overs) |
* Hungary won by 4 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Harshvardhan Mandhyan (Hun)
* Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 May 2022 08:30 Scorecard
| Romania 165/4 (20 overs) | v | Malta 166/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Taranjeet Singh 63 (44) Amar Sharma 1/33 (4 overs) | | Basil George 37 (22) Ijaz Hussain 2/25 (3 overs) |
* Malta won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt)
* Malta won the toss and elected to field.
* Gaurav Mishra and Sukhkaran Sahi (Rom) both made their T20I debuts.
* 11 May 2022 12:00 Scorecard
| Czech Republic 184/5 (20 overs) | v | Gibraltar 144/8 (20 overs) |
| Sabawoon Davizi 98* (61) Kieron Ferrary 1/9 (3 overs) | | Andrew Reyes 44 (41) Sazib Bhuiyan 2/20 (3 overs) |
* Czech Republic won by 40 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Andrew Naudi (Mlt) Player of the match: Sabawoon Davizi (Cze)
* Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sazib Bhuiyan, Shubhranshu Chaudhary, Divyendra Singh, Dylan Steyn and Ritik Tomar (Cze) all made their T20I debuts.
* 11 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard
| Hungary 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Bulgaria 153/9 (20 overs) |
| Abishek Kheterpal 42 (35) Hristo Lakov 2/15 (4 overs) | | Saim Hussain 54 (43) Bhavani Adapaka 3/29 (4 overs) |
* Hungary won by 5 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Abishek Kheterpal (Hun)
* Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
* Saim Hussain, Sandeep Nair (Bul) and Gabor Torok (Hun) all made their T20I debuts.
* 12 May 2022 08:30 Scorecard
| Malta 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Czech Republic 162/9 (20 overs) |
| Basil George 51 (41) Satyajit Sengupta 3/35 (4 overs) | | Arun Ashokan 30 (17) Amar Sharma 3/24 (3 overs) |
* Malta won by 2 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt)
* Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
* Imran Ameer (Mlt) and Sharan Ramakrishnan (Cze) both made their T20I debuts.
* 12 May 2022 12:00 Scorecard
| Czech Republic 258/2 (20 overs) | v | Bulgaria 170/7 (20 overs) |
| Sabawoon Davizi 115* (59) Hristo Lakov 2/49 (4 overs) | | Hristo Lakov 61 (51) Naveed Ahmed 3/29 (4 overs) |
* Czech Republic won by 88 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Andrew Naudi (Mlt) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Sabawoon Davizi (Cze)
* Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dylan Steyn (Cze) scored his first century in T20Is.
* 12 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard
| Romania 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Hungary 162/4 (17.3 overs) |
| Vasu Saini 47 (32) Harshvardhan Mandhyan 3/30 (4 overs) | | Zahir Mohammed 78 (42) Ijaz Hussain 2/16 (3 overs) |
* Hungary won by 6 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Andrew Naudi (Mlt) Player of the match: Zahir Mohammed (Hun)
* Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 May 2022 08:30 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 213/0 (20 overs) | v | Bulgaria 192/6 (20 overs) |
| Louis Bruce 99* (63) | | Saim Hussain 64 (31) Samarth Bodha 2/18 (3 overs) |
* Gibraltar won by 21 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Louis Bruce (Gib)
* Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Karthik Pillai (Bul) and Christian Rocca (Gib) both made their T20I debuts.
* The opening partnership for Gibraltar between Avinash Pai and Louis Bruce was the first time that a team had batted a full 20 overs without losing a wicket in a men's T20I.
* 13 May 2022 12:00 Scorecard
| Romania 193/4 (20 overs) | v | Czech Republic 167/9 (20 overs) |
| Taranjeet Singh 110 (61) Naveed Ahmed 2/34 (4 overs) | | Arun Ashokan 49 (40) Ijaz Hussain 4/28 (4 overs) |
* Romania won by 26 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
* Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
* Taranjeet Singh (Rom) scored his first century in T20Is.
* 13 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard
| Bulgaria 131/7 (20 overs) | v | Romania 132/2 (12.4 overs) |
| Kevin D'Souza 43 (33) Ijaz Hussain 2/22 (4 overs) | | Ramesh Satheesan 86* (43) Delrick Varghese 1/7 (0.4 overs) |
* Romania won by 8 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)
* Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Senthilvel Karthikeyan (Rom) made his T20I debut.
* 14 May 2022 08:30 Scorecard
| Hungary 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Czech Republic 175/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Abhishek Ahuja 61 (48) Smit Patel 4/34 (4 overs) | | Sudesh Wickramasekara 63 (41) Bhavani Adapaka 1/38 (3.1 overs) |
* Czech Republic won by 7 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Arun Ashokan (Cze)
* Hungary won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14 May 2022 12:00 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 141 (19.5 overs) | v | Romania 142/2 (11.2 overs) |
| Avinash Pai 49 (40) Ramesh Satheesan 3/37 (3 overs) | | Taranjeet Singh 84* (35) Richard Cunningham 1/28 (2.2 overs) |
* Romania won by 8 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom)
* Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard
| Bulgaria 204/4 (20 overs) | v | Malta 205/4 (18.2 overs) |
| Saim Hussain 108* (55) Imran Ameer 2/41 (4 overs) | | Aaftab Alam Khan 71* (38) Hristo Lakov 2/44 (4 overs) |
* Malta won by 6 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Saim Hussain (Bul)
* Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Divyes Kumar and Jitesh Patel (Mlt) both made their T20I debuts.
* Saim Hussain (Bul) scored his first century in T20Is.

## Fifth-place play-off

* 15 May 2022 09:00 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Bulgaria 171/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Balaji Pai 53* (44) Asad Ali Rehemtulla 2/25 (4 overs) | | Aravinda De Silva 41 (32) Kieron Ferrary 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Bulgaria won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ghose Roy (Mlt) Player of the match: Kevin D'Souza (Bul)
* Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.

## Third-place play-off

* 15 May 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Czech Republic 221/5 (20 overs) | v | Hungary 151/6 (20 overs) |
| Dylan Steyn 65 (41) Bhavani Adapaka 1/26 (3 overs) | | Abhijeet Ahuja 75 (52) Sazib Bhuiyan 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Czech Republic won by 70 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Dylan Steyn (Cze)
* Hungary won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 15 May 2022 16:30 Scorecard
| Romania 171/6 (20 overs) | v | Malta 162/7 (20 overs) |
| Vasu Saini 60* (42) Waseem Abbas 2/35 (4 overs) | | Imran Ameer 28* (23) Taranjeet Singh 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Romania won by 9 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
* Romania won the toss and elected to bat.