BUL vs GRE

Greece won by 16 runs

Bulgaria 83/7 in 10 overs

Kushaal Krishnakumar 21(10) | Prakash Mishra 20*(17)
Asrar Ahmed 3/13(2) | Zubair Ashraf 2/15(2)


That was a thoroughly professional performance in the field from Greece as they won the first game of the tri-nation series against Bulgaria by 16 runs. After posting a below-par score of 99 in their allotted 10 overs, they came out al guns blazing especially on the field. They complemented the bowlers brilliantly and they never really dropped any catches and kept the pressure piling on Hungary. 

They started off brilliantly though courtesy of some exceptional shots from Kushal Krishnakumar. He looked in great touch and looked like finishing the game off very quickly. However, a cluster of wickets from the 2nd over made sure that Greece was all over Hungary and despite the required rate not being too high, Hungary fell well short in the end. 

Prakash Mishra did try his bit towards the end but lacked the big-hitting abilities which eventually helped Greece win it comfortably. Asrar Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets to his name while Aslam Mohammad and Zubair Ashraf also bagged a couple each.  

9.3 Sinan Khan to Agagyul Ahmadel, short of a length delivery from Sinan, Ahmadel mistimes the attempted pull, lobbed up in the air, falls in no man's land a single taken. 

9.1 Sinan Khan to Prakash Mishra, on a good-length a shade outside off, Prakash tries to swipe this away towards the cover region, gets beaten. 

8.6 Asrar Ahmed to Agagyul Ahmadel, on a length around the middle stump channel, Ahmadel swipes across the line, Ahmadel gets it from the inside half down towards deep square and Prakash Mishra refuses the single. 

8.5 Asrar Ahmed to Prakash Mishra, back of a length delivery a shade outside off, punched away past the backward point region and takes a single. 

8.2 Asrar Ahmed to Dimo Nikolv, WICKET! On a length around the middle stump channel, Nikolv swipes across the line, doesn't make any contact and the stumps have been rattled. 

8.1 Asrar Ahmed to Prakash Mishra, that was a length delivery around middle stump, Prakash ends up slicing this up in the air, the deep midwicket fielder runs in but couldn't quite hold onto that. 

7.6 Aslam Mohammad to Prakash Mishra, fuller-length delivery a shade outside off, sliced away down the ground towards the long-off fielder for a single. 

7.5 Aslam Mohammad to Prakash Mishra, SIX! That was a tossed up fuller-length delivery around middle stump, Prakash holds his shape and swings across the line, manages to just clear the deep midwicket fielder.