Bahrain Cricket Team Players List: Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf has its own T20I cricket team which is organised by the Bahrain Cricket Association (BCA). Which became an ICC affiliate member in 2001 and an associate member in 2017.
Bahrain Cricket Team History
The Bahraini national side made its first international appearance in 1979, at an invitational tournament with Kuwait, Qatar, and Sharjah (one of the United Arab Emirates).
Its first appearance in an Asian Cricket Council tournament came at the 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia; since then, Bahrain has regularly appeared in ACC events.
Bahrain has also made several appearances in World Cricket League tournaments, but was relegated back to regional tournaments after finishing fifth at the 2013 Division Six event
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bahrain and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.
Bahrain made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, defeating Saudi Arabia by 41 runs in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman.
Bahrain Cricket Team Players List
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No. | Name | Runs | HS | 50 | Avg | Wkt | BBI | Ave |
1 | Adil Hanifdouble-dagger | 24 | 16 | 0 | 12.00 | – | – | – |
2 | Ammad Uddin | 176 | 41* | 0 | 29.33 | 0 | – | – |
3 | Anasim Khandouble-dagger | 51 | 22 | 0 | 10.20 | 0 | – | – |
4 | Babar Ali | 1 | 1* | 0 | – | 5 | 2/18 | 14.00 |
5 | Fiaz Ahmed | 166 | 62* | 1 | 33.20 | – | – | – |
6 | Imran Anwar | 35 | 16* | 0 | 11.66 | 10 | 2/10 | 21.20 |
7 | Imran Ali Buttdagger | 127 | 58 | 2 | 15.87 | – | – | – |
8 | Qasim Zia | 4 | 4* | 0 | – | 1 | 1/17 | 68.00 |
9 | Sarfaraz Ali | 253 | 59 | 2 | 31.62 | 4 | 2/20 | 33.75 |
10 | Shahbaz Badar | 66 | 24 | 0 | 13.20 | – | – | – |
11 | Tahir Dar | 25 | 15 | 0 | 12.50 | 3 | 2/31 | 42.66 |
12 | Muhammad Rafique | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 | 1/31 | 31.50 |
13 | Zeeshan Abbas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | – | – |
14 | Abdul Majid | 15 | 12 | 0 | 15.00 | 8 | 4/23 | 9.75 |
15 | Imran Butt | 30 | 17 | 0 | 10.00 | 5 | 2/24 | 20.80 |
16 | Junaid Aziz | 51 | 24* | 0 | 25.50 | 2 | 2/24 | 24.00 |
17 | Sathaiya Veerapathiran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | – | – |
18 | Muhammad Younis | 27 | 25 | 0 | 9.00 | – | – | – |
19 | Mohammed Sameer | 38 | 28 | 0 | 19.00 | – | – | – |
Bahrain Cricket Team International Stats
*Last updated 3 August 2021
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
Twenty20 Internationals | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20-Jan-19 |
Most T20I runs for Bahrain
Following are the list of top 5 highest run scorers for the team in T20I formats:
Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
Sarfaraz Ali | 253 | 31.62 | 2019–2021* |
Ammad Uddin | 176 | 29.33 | 2019–2021* |
Fiaz Ahmed | 166 | 33.2 | 2019–2021* |
Imran Ali Butt | 127 | 15.87 | 2019–2021* |
Shahbaz Badar | 66 | 13.2 | 2019–2021* |
Most T20I wickets for Bahrain
Following are the list of the top 5 highest wicket-takers for the team in T20I formats:
Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
Imran Anwar | 10 | 21.2 | 2019–2021* |
Abdul Majid | 8 | 9.75 | 2019–2021* |
Babar Ali | 5 | 14 | 2019–2019* |
Imran Butt | 5 | 20.8 | 2019–2021* |
Sarfaraz Ali | 4 | 33.75 | 2019–2021* |