Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 Match Scorecard: A Comprehensive Guide

World T20 qualifier matches are in the cricket news. It’s a tournament where numerous teams compete against each other to make their place in the ICC T20I World Cup. Matches from the tournaments are surely enough to give chills to cricket fans. Here we have brought you the match from 19th November. Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 match scorecard the thriller of the season? Let’s find out.

Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 Match Scorecard Of World T20 Qualifier Match

On 19 November of 2024, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia played against each other at ‘Asian Town Cricket Stadium’. Both teams faced each other in the World T20 qualifier match. The match was thrilling and high scoring. Here is the Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 match scorecard of the World T20 qualifier match from 19th November’s night.

Bahrain

Batting	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R
Umer Toor(wk)	13	6	2	0	216.67
Asif Ali	2	4	0	0	50.00
Imran Anwar	53	35	2	4	151.43
Fiaz Ahmed	7	8	0	0	87.50
Haider Butt(c)	67	51	6	2	131.37
Ahmer Bin Nasir	2	3	0	0	66.67
Sohail Ahmed	30*	16	2	1	187.50

Total- 188/5 (20)

Bowling	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Ishtiaq Ahmad	4.0	0	42	2	10.50
Usman Najeeb	4.0	0	32	2	8.00
Usman Khalid	3.0	0	22	0	7.33
Zain Ul Abidin	3.0	0	17	0	5.67
Abdul Waheed	2.0	0	20	0	10.00
Abdul Wahid	4.0	0	49	0	12.25

Saudi Arabia

Batting	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R
Sajid Cheema	8	8	2	0	100.00
Abdul Waheed	110	55	8	7	200.00
Faisal Khan	2	5	0	0	40.00
Waji Ul Hassan(c)	4	4	1	0	100.00
Abdul Manan Ali	25	19	1	2	131.58
Abdul Wahid	8	5	1	0	160.00
Usman Khalid	1	1	0	0	100.00
Sidharth Sankar(wk)	8	11	1	0	72.73
Zain Ul Abidin	11	9	0	1	122.22
Usman Najeeb	5*	3	1	0	166.67

Total- 185/9 (20)

Bowling	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Ali Dawood	4.0	0	32	2	8.00
Imran Khan	4.0	0	33	2	8.25
Rizwan Butt	3.0	0	41	0	13.67
Abdul Abbasi	4.0	0	34	1	8.50
Imran Anwar	4.0	0	34	2	8.50
Asif Ali	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Bahrain won the match by 3 runs

Match Summary

Saudi Arabia’s captain ‘Waji Ul Hassan’ won the toss and invited Bahrain to bat first.

First Innings

Bahrain started the innings aggressively, but lost the first wicket in the second over of the game. ‘Usman Najeeb’ struck again on the 5th ball and sent ‘Asif Ali’ back to the pavilion. Bahrain lost the third wicket in the 5th over. But, after that Imran Anwar and the skipper Haider Butt holded the crease and started hitting some beautiful shots along the ground. Both of them scored around 96 runs together. In the last overs Sohail Ahmed joined the party and brought Bahrain to the score of 188 runs.

Second Innings

Saudi Arabia started playing cautiously, but not for long. Lost their first on the 3rd ball of the 2nd over. Another wicket fell on the score of 21 in 4th over of the game. But from one end ‘Abdul Waheed’ kept his grip on the game and made runs with a good strike rate. In the long duration of the game the Saudi Arabia’s batsman kept falling. However, ‘Abdul Manan Ali’ made a cameo by scoring 25 runs to support Abdul on the other end. Abdul hitted century and brought Saudi Arabia close to the target. On the last ball Abdul needed to hit the boundary to win but he lost his wicket.

Top Performers

Here we are mentioning the top performers from Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 match scorecard.

Haider Butt
Imran Anwar
Ali Dawood
Abdul Waheed
Usman Najeeb

History

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are not the full members of ICC. so, they don’t play bilateral series too frequently. The surprising element of this clash up is the first match between both of these teams. On 20 January, 2019 Bahrain and Saudi Arabia made their T20 international debut against each other. Bahrain won the first match by 41 runs at ‘Al Amerat Cricket Stadium’.

Summary

Bahrain Vs Saudi Arabia T20 match scorecard of the World T20 qualifier was the most thrilling match of the month. Saudi Arabia almost won the match, Abdul’s performance was exceptional but he got no one’s support from the other end. He surely created some unforgettable moments from the match. Next, when both of this team meet again on the ground then, surely it will be a competitive game.