The Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 will start on December 13 and run till December 21 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

Organised by the Emirates Cricket Board, the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 will see as many as six teams compete in a total of 16 T20s across nine days.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the teams that will participate in the second edition of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship.

As per the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 schedule, each team will play the other five sides once in a single round-robin format. 

All Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 league matches will be played at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai.

The top two teams in the standings after all the 15 league matches will clash in the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 final to be held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on December 21.

Oman won the inaugural Gulf Cricket T20I Championship after beating United Arab Emirates by five wickets in the final in September 2023.

Where to watch Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 live in India

Live streaming of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 will be available on the FanCode app and website in India.

There will be no live telecast of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 on any TV channel in India.

Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 schedule and live match start times

All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)

Friday, December 13

Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates - 10:30 AM

Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia - 3:00 PM

Saturday, December 14

Kuwait vs Bahrain - 10:30 AM

Qatar vs Oman - 3:00 PM

Sunday, December 15

United Arab Emirates vs Oman - 10:30 AM

Saudi Arabia vs Qatar - 3:00 PM

Monday, December 16

Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain - 10:30 AM

United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait - 3:00 PM

Tuesday, December 17

Qatar vs Kuwait - 10:30 AM

Oman vs Bahrain - 3:00 PM

Wednesday, December 18

Oman vs Saudi Arabia - 10:30 AM

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates - 3:00 PM

Thursday, December 19

United Arab Emirates vs Saudi Arabia - 3:00 PM

Friday, December 20

Qatar vs Bahrain - 10:30 AM

Oman vs Kuwait - 3:00 PM

Saturday, December 21

Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 final - 8:00 PM

Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2024 teams and squads

Bahrain: Abdul Majid, Ahmer Bin Nasir, Ali Dawood, Asif Ali, Fiaz Ahmed, Haider Butt, Imran Ali (wicket-keeper), Imran Anwar, Imran Khan, Junaid Aziz, Mohd. Asif Shahizan, Muhammad Basil, Muhammad Salman, Rizwan Butt. Sachin Kumar, Shahbaz Badar (wicket-keeper), Sohail Ahmed, Umer Toor (wicket-keeper), Yousif Wali

Kuwait: Mohammed Aslam (captain), Ali Zaheer, Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Meet Bhavsar (wicket-keeper), Mirza Ahmed, Mohammad Amin, Mohamed Shafeeq, Nimish Lathief, Ravija Sandaruwan, Shiraz Khan, Sayed Monib, Usman Patel (wicket-keeper), Yasin Patel

Oman: Jatinder Singh (captain), Aamir Kaleem, Ashish Odedara, Bilal Khan, Hammad Mirza (wicket-keeper), Jay Odedra, Karan Sonavale, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Muzahir Raza, Pratik Athavale (wicket-keeper), Pruthvikumar Macchi, Samay Shrivastava, Sandeep Goud, Shakeel Ahmad, Siddharth Bukkapatnam, Sufyan Mehmood, Sultan Ahmed (wicket-keeper), Suraj Kumar (wicket-keeper), Wasim Ali

Qatar: Amir Farooq, Arumuga Ganesh, Gayan Munaweera, Himanshu Rathod, Imal Liyanage (wicket-keeper), Mirza Mohammed Baig, Mohammad Ahnaff, Mohammed Irshad, Mohammed Nadeem Aslam, Mohammed Rizlan (wicket-keeper), Muhammad Ikramullah, Muhammad Jabir, Muhammad Tanveer, Muhammad Zaman, Noman Sarwar, Owais Ahmed, Saqlain Arshad, Shakkir Kassim

Saudi Arabia: Waji Ul Hassan (captain), Abdul Manan Ali (wicket-keeper), Abdul Waheed, Abdul Wahid, Ahmad Raza, Anwar Saleem, Faisal Khan, Hisham Shaikh, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Sajid Imran Cheema, Saud Syed, Shahzaib, Sidharth Sankar (wicket-keeper), Syed Ali Abbas, Usman Khalid, Usman Najeeb, Zain Ul Abidin

United Arab Emirates: Aayan Khan, Ali Naseer, Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Zuhaib, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Rahul Chopra (wicket-keeper), Sanchit Sharma, Simranjeet Singh Kang, Syed Haider (wicket-keeper), Tanish Suri (wicket-keeper), Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind (wicket-keeper)

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