2024 Men's Gulf T20I Championship
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| Dates | 13 – 21 December 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | International League T20 |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions | United Arab Emirates (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Kuwait |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Player of the series | Meet Bhavsar |
| Most runs | Meet Bhavsar (222) |
| Most wickets | Junaid Siddique (12) |
The 2024 ILT20 Men's Gulf T20I Championship was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in the United Arab Emirates in December 2024.[1] The event was organised by the International League T20.[2] The participating teams were the hosts United Arab Emirates along with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.[3] The top two sides in the round-robin advanced to the final.[4] The round-robin matches were played at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai, and the final was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.[5]
Oman were the defending champions, having defeated United Arab Emirates in the final of the 2023 edition by 5 wickets.[6][7]
United Arab Emirates defeated Kuwait by 2 runs in the final.[8][9]
Squads
Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.763 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Kuwait
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.525 | |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.166 | |
| 4 |  Oman
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.019 | |
| 5 |  Bahrain
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.098 | |
| 6 |  Qatar
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.039 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Fixtures
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Faisal Khan 49 (18) Mohammed Aslam 4/22 (4 overs) |
Usman Patel 50* (35) Zain Ul Abidin 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Zuber Sunasara (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Ahmer Bin Nasir 42 (38) Mirza Ahmed 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Sai Sarthak (Bah) made his T20I debut.
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Jatinder Singh 69 (50) Mujeeb-ur-Rehman 1/13 (2 overs) |
Muhammad Asim 63 (28) Aamir Kaleem 3/19 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Vinayak Shukla, Karan Sonavale (Oma), Muhammad Asim and Mujeeb-ur-Rehman (Qat) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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Muhammad Asim 60* (47) Ishtiaq Ahmad 4/12 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
- Nawazish Akhtar and Choudhry Md Imran (Sau) both made their T20I debuts.
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Waji Ul Hassan 35 (35) Imran Khan 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Tanish Suri 77 (47) Sayed Monib 3/33 (4 overs) |
Mohammad Umar 59 (44) Muhammad Jawadullah 3/23 (4 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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Imal Liyanage 69 (56) Sayed Monib 3/22 (4 overs) |
Clinto Anto 44 (29) Himanshu Rathod 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
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Mohammad Nadeem 47 (49) Imran Khan 2/19 (4 overs) |
Asif Ali 52 (44) Shakeel Ahmed 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Mohammad Nadeem 60 (49) Ishtiaq Ahmad 2/32 (4 overs) |
Faisal Khan 70 (40) Mohammad Nadeem 1/17 (2 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
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Muhammad Waseem 65 (36) Himanshu Rathod 3/27 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Tanveer 47 (36) Simranjeet Kang 4/15 (4 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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Usman Khalid 57 (40) Ali Naseer 3/29 (4 overs) |
Asif Khan 79 (53) Usman Najeeb 4/25 (4 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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Haider Butt 27 (26) Muhammad Asim 2/1 (0.3 overs) |
Muhammad Asim 36* (30) Sai Sarthak 3/9 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Muhammed Basil (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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Meet Bhavsar 72 (54) Simranjeet Kang 2/17 (4 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- ^ "Kuwait national men's team powered by Al Muzaini Exchange is all set to depart for groundbreaking ILT20 Men's Gulf Cricket Championship 2024 in Dubai from 13th-21st December". Cricket Kuwait. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Introducing the Qatar Cricket squad for the ILT20 Men's Gulf Cricket Championship - UAE 2024". Qatar Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Facebook.
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