Romania national cricket team explained

Romania
Association:Cricket Romania
Captain:Vasu Saini
Coach:Andrew Begg
Icc Member Year:2017
Icc Status:Associate member[1]
Icc Region:Europe
T20i Rank:53th
T20i Rank Best:37th (2 May 2022)
First Match:v at Berceni cricket ground, Bucharest, 27 June 2009
First T20i:v at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019
Most Recent T20i:v at Simar Cricket Ground, Rome; 16 June 2024
Num T20is:46
Num T20is This Year:8
T20i Record:31/15
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20i Record This Year:6/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Asofdate:23 June 2024

The Romania national cricket team represents the country of Romania in international cricket. Cricket was played in Romania between 1893 and 1930. In recent years the game has begun to grow again, particularly in Bucharest, Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca. In July 2010, they played in a European Twenty20 tournament which was held in Skopje, Macedonia. On 29 June 2013, Romania was granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and are therefore entitled to participate in ICC official events.[2] Since 2017, they became an associate member[1]

As in a number of European countries, the game is dominated by expatriates from the Sub-Continent and other traditional cricket-playing countries. The main groundof the team for national and international matches is at Moara Vlăsiei, 26 km (16 miles) away from the Bucharest city centre. It was built between 2011 and 2013 and is the only turf ground in eastern and central Europe.

Romania won the 2021 Sofia Twenty20 cup, where they defeated Bulgaria in the final.[3]

History

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Romania and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[4]

Romania played its first T20I match against Austria on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[5]

Romania are scheduled to make their debut in an ICC event, when they take part in the Europe Qualifier tournament in 2021.[6]

Tournament history

Sofia Twenty20

Champions

Did not enter

Continental Cup

3rd place

Champions

Champions

Valletta Cup

Did not enter

Did not enter

Champions

4th

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Romania in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Sivakumar Periyalwar Right-handed
Ramesh Satheesan Right-handed Captain
Anand Rajshekara Right-handed
Luca Petre Right-handed
Rameez Khan Right-handed
All-rounders
Vasu Saini Right-handed Vice-captain
Taranjeet Singh Right-handed
Muhammad Moiz Right-handed
Adrian Lascu Right-handed
Cosmin Zavoiu Right-handed
Wicket-keeper
Satvik Nadigotla Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Pratham Hingorani Right-handed
Ali Hussain Left-handed
Pace Bowlers
Manmeet Koli Right-handed
Shantanu Vashisht Right-handed
Ravindra Athapaththu Right-handed

Updated as on 16 June 2024

Records

International Match Summary — Romania[7] Last updated 16 June 2024.

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 46 31 15 0 0 31 August 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Romania[11]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Ramesh Satheesan 1,197 38.61 2019–2023
Taranjeet Singh 1,087 36.23 2021–2024
Vasu Saini 804 30.92 2019–2024
Sivakumar Periyalwar 497 26.15 2019–2024
Satvik Nadigotla 422 15.62 2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Romania[12]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Taranjeet Singh 35 19.11 2021–2024
Ijaz Hussain 33 17.30 2019–2024
Vasu Saini 33 27.09 2020–2024
Manmeet Koli 28 19.64 2022–2024
Shantanu Vashisht 28 19.92 2019–2024

T20I record versus other nations[7]

Records complete to T20I #2696. Last updated 16 June 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019
9 8 1 0 0 16 October 2020 17 October 2020
1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2022
3 2 1 0 0 31 August 2019 3 September 2021
1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2023
2 1 1 0 0 14 May 2022 14 May 2022
1 1 0 0 0 24 June 2021 24 June 2021
3 2 1 0 0 3 September 2021 3 September 2021
1 0 1 0 0 15 July 2022
1 1 0 0 0 15 June 2024 15 June 2024
1 0 1 0 0 16 June 2024
4 3 1 0 0 30 August 2019 30 August 2019
9 5 4 0 0 4 September 2021 4 September 2021
1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2024 10 June 2024
3 3 0 0 0 25 June 2021 25 June 2021
1 0 1 0 0 19 July 2022
1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2023
2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform. International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. 1 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Details of Affiliate Membership.
  3. Web site: Sofia Twenty20 Final. Cricinfo. 24 July 2021.
  4. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. 31 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Continental Cricket Cup 2019. Facebook (Cricket Romania). 14 August 2019.
  6. Web site: 24 teams to compete in first step of Europe qualification for ICC Men's T20 world Cup 2021 . International Cricket Council . 28 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . . 31 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . . 31 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores . . 31 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures . . 31 August 2019.
  11. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 22 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 22 January 2021.