The Bahrain national cricket team represents the Kingdom of Bahrain in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bahrain Cricket Association (BCA), which became an ICC affiliate member in 2001 and an associate member in 2017.
History Early history Cricket has been played in Bahrain since the early 20th century. The earliest instance of Cricket was recorded in 1932 when a match was played between Royal British Airforce and Royal British Navy. In 1935, the Awali Cricket Club was formed by the then British Oil Company which is now BAPCO – Bahrain Petroleum Company.
The Bahraini national side made its first international appearance in 1979, at an invitational tournament with Kuwait, Qatar, and Sharjah (one of the United Arab Emirates).
20th century Its first appearance in an Asian Cricket Council tournament came at the 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia; since then, Bahrain has regularly appeared in ACC events. Bahrain has also made several appearances in World Cricket League tournaments, but was relegated back to regional tournaments after finishing fifth at the 2013 Division Six event.Other matches played by Bahrain – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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 Bahrain and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be full T20Is.
Bahrain made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, defeating Saudi Arabia by 41 runs in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman.
Tournament history Legend
Promoted Remained in the same division Relegated
Cricket World Cup Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1975 Not an ICC member Not an ICC member 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 Not eligible; ICC affiliate member Not eligible; ICC affiliate member 2007 Did not qualify31200 2011 Did not enter 2015 2415900 2019 51400 2023 Did not enter 2027 11*4601 Total 0/14 – – – – – 43 21 21 0 4
Men's T20 World Cup Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 2007Not eligibleNot eligible 2009 2010 2012 Did not enterDid not enter 2014 Did not qualify 4 0 4 0 0 2016 Did not enterDid not enter 2021 Did not qualify 5 1 4 0 0 2022 9 6 3 0 0 2024 4 1 3 0 0 2026 6 3 3 0 0 2028To be determined To be determinedTotal 0/10 – – – – – 28 11 17 0 0
T20 World Cup Qualifier T20 World Cup Qualifier recordYearRoundPosition 2008Not eligible 2010 2012Did not enter 2013 Did not qualify Did not enter 2019 Did not qualify 2022Play-offs6/853200DNQ 2028To be determined Total 0 Titles 1/8 5 3 2 0 0
Other global tournaments CWC Challenge League (List A) CWC Challenge League Play-off (List A) World Cricket League (LA/ODI/50 overs) 2019–22: Did not participate 2024–26 (B): 4th place () 2024: 3rd place (Q)2009 (Division Seven) : Winners () 2009 (Division Six) : Runners-up () 2010 (Division Five) : 3rd place () 2012 (Division Five) : 5th place () 2013 (Division Six) : 5th place
Other regional tournaments T20WC Asia/Asia-EAP Regional Final (T20I) T20WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers (T20I) ACC Premier Cup (50 overs/T20I) ACC Challenger Cup (50 overs/T20I) 2023 : 4th place (DNQ) 2027 : To be determined 2018: 5th place (DNQ) 2021: Winners (Q) 2024: 3rd place (DNQ) 2023: 7th place 2023: 8th place 2026: Qualified 2023: Runners-up ACC Trophy ACC Trophy Elite ACC Twenty20 Cup ACC Western Region T20 2004: Group stage 2006: Quarter-finals 2008: Group stage 2010: Qualified; withdrew 2009: 11th place 2013: Group stage 2019: 3rd place 2020: Semi-finals
Current squad
This lists all the players who have played for Bahrain in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics
Updated as of 8 August 2026 Name Age Batting style Bowling style Formats Notes Batters Sohail Ahmed Right-handed One-day & T20I Fiaz Ahmed Right-handed One-day & T20I Ahmer Bin Nasir Right-handed T20I Muhammad Safdar Right-handed One-day & T20I Wicket-keepers Shahbaz Badar Right-handed One-day Prashant Kurup Right-handed One-day & T20I Yasser Nazeer Right-handed T20I All-rounders Asif Ali Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Captain Imran Anwar Right-handed Left-arm medium One-day & T20I Junaid Aziz Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Amaish Rana Right-handed Right-arm medium fast One-day Shujaat Rasool Left-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Spin Bowlers Abdul Majid Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Asif Shaikh Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Yousif Wali Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Pace Bowlers Rizwan Butt Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Ali Dawood Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Muhammad Salman Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Imran Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I
Records
International Match Summary — Bahrain
Last updated 6 October 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 131 75 49 4 3 20 January 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 231/2 v. Indonesia on 19 November 2025 at Udayana Cricket Ground, Jimbaran. Highest individual score: 105*, Fiaz Ahmed v. Germany on 6 July 2025 at TCA Oval, Blantyre. Best individual bowling figures: 6/9, Rizwan Butt v. Malawi on 12 July 2025 at TCA Oval, Blantyre.
Most T20I runs for Bahrain PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanSohail Ahmed 1,983 42.19 2022–2026Fiaz Ahmed 1,830 34.52 2019–2026Prashant Kurup 1,638 26.41 2021–2026Ahmer Bin Nasir 1,523 27.69 2022–2026Haider Ali 1,408 31.28 2021–2024
Most T20I wickets for Bahrain PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanRizwan Butt 145 15.90 2022–2026Ali Dawood 120 14.74 2023–2026Imran Anwar 96 23.36 2019–2026Abdul Majid 71 22.33 2023–2026Imran Khan 57 22.10 2022–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4164. Last updated 6 October 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win v. Full Members 1 0 1 0 0 19 February 2022 vs Associate Members 8 8 0 0 0 23 November 2024 23 November 2024 2 2 0 0 0 16 April 2024 16 April 2024 3 1 2 0 0 24 February 2022 17 November 2022 2 2 0 0 0 18 February 2022 18 February 2022 6 3 2 1 0 8 March 2023 31 October 2023 8 7 1 0 0 19 February 2025 19 February 2025 2 0 1 1 0 26 February 2026 2 1 1 0 0 31 July 2026 31 July 2026 15 3 11 1 0 23 January 2019 11 March 2023 7 7 0 0 0 7 July 2025 7 July 2025 13 7 6 0 0 15 December 2022 23 December 2022 3 3 0 0 0 21 January 2019 21 January 2019 8 2 6 0 0 23 February 2020 15 November 2022 1 1 0 0 0 22 February 2022 22 February 2022 13 4 8 0 1 24 January 2019 25 February 2020 4 4 0 0 0 18 July 2025 18 July 2025 8 6 2 0 0 20 January 2019 20 January 2019 7 5 0 1 1 16 December 2022 16 December 2022 4 2 2 0 0 9 March 2024 9 March 2024 5 3 1 0 1 22 November 2024 30 November 2025 2 1 1 0 0 28 October 2024 28 October 2024 6 2 4 0 0 21 February 2022 21 February 2022 1 1 0 0 0 10 March 2024 10 March 2024
See also List of Bahrain Twenty20 International cricketers Bahrain women's national cricket team
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