Budapest Cup 2025 is the first edition of the competition, which is a cricket tournament. This will be a three-day tournament starting from 25th July and ending on 27th July. The Budapest Cup 2025 Time Table is out, and we have a total of eight matches. Eventually, it is a T20 format tournament.
There are a total of four teams participating in the first edition of the Budapest Cup 2025. Basically, the four teams are Austria, Romania, Hungary, and Luxembourg. This surely shows how cricket is evolving in European countries. Just a few days ago, Italy qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. It will surely take some time, but in a few years, we can expect to see European teams competing in international cricket tournaments as well.
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ECN Budapest Cup 2025 Time Table
As this is a three-day tournament and four teams are participating, all the matches will happen at the same venue. The GB Oval in Szodliget, Hungary, is the venue for all eight matches. All teams play against each other once in the Budapest Cup 2025. The team finished third and fourth to play a 3rd place play-off match. At the same time, the top two compete in the final for the ultimate prize. Let us look at the timetable of the Budapest Cup 2025:
25th June
1st Match
Opponents: Austria vs Romania
Time: 8 AM (local time) / 11:30 AM IST
2nd Match
Opponents: Hungary vs Romania
Time: 11:30 AM (local time) / 3 PM IST
3rd Match
Opponents: Hungary vs Luxembourg
Time: 3 PM (local time) / 6:30 PM IST
26th June
4th Match
Opponents: Luxembourg vs Romania
Time: 8 AM (local time) / 11:30 AM IST
5th Match
Opponents: Hungary vs Austria
Time: 11:30 AM (local time) / 3 PM IST
6th Match
Opponents: Austria vs Luxembourg
Time: 3 PM (local time) / 6:30 PM IST
27th June
3rd-Place Match
Opponents: TBD vs TBD
Time: 8 AM (local time) / 11:30 AM IST
Final
Opponents: TBD vs TBD
Time: 11:30 AM (local time) / 3 PM IST
Budapest Cup 2025 Team Squads
Austria
- Batsmen – Baseer Khan, Razmal Shigiwal, and Zeshan Arif
- Wicketkeepers – Abrar Bilal, Amar Naeem, and Arsalan Arif
- All‑Rounders – Aqib Iqbal, Karanbir Singh, Bilal Zalmai, Daniel Eckstein, Hekmatullah Khogiyani, Imran Asif, Abdullah Akbarjan, Ebrahim Naseri, Hamid Safi, and Zeeshan Goraya
- Bowlers – Itibarshah Deedar, Waqar Zalmai, Adeel Tariq, Mohamed Zalmai, Saad Cheema, Sahel Zadran, Umair Tariq, Kumud Jha, and Ziaurahman Shinwari
Romania
- Batsmen – Sivakumar Periyalwar, Ramesh Satheesan, Anand Rajshekara, Luca Petre, and Rameez Khan
- Wicketkeeper – Satvik Nadigotla
- All‑Rounders – Vasu Saini, Taranjeet Singh, Muhammad Moiz, Adrian Lascu, Cosmin Zavoiu, Manmeet Koli, and Shantanu Vashisht
- Bowlers – Pratham Hingorani, Ali Hussain, and Ravindra Athapaththu
Luxembourg
- Batsmen – Timothy Barker, Amit Halbhavi, Girish Venkateswaran, Ben Embleton, James Barker, and Eliyas Jabarkhel
- Wicketkeepers – Advyth Manepalli, Anoop Orsu, and Joost Mees
- All‑Rounders – Vikram Vijh, William Cope, Harpal Virdee, Jatin Madan, Shiv Karan Gill, and Ed Packard
- Bowlers – Amit Dhingra, Ankush Nanda, Pankaj Malav, Marcus Cope, and Milad Momand
Hungary
- Batsmen – Ali Farasat, Usman Muhammad, Zahir Safi, Zeeshan Kukikhel, Vinoth Ravindran, Chris Dowle, and Gabor Torok
- Wicketkeepers – Tejendra Valivarthi, Ximus du Plooy, and Sheikh Rasik Bin Hamid
- All‑Rounders – Abbas Ghani, Abhitesh Prashar, Jeremy Polarouthu, Muhammad Burhan, Ximus du Plooy, Ashrith Darapureddy, and Zeeshan Khan
- Bowlers – Ibrar Ahmad, Muhammad Saqlain, Sandeep Mohandas, Khushal Gabhane, Matty Ainsworth, and Kamran Wahid
Where to watch?
Basically, all the matches of the Budapest Cup 2025 will be live-streamed through European Cricket. Eventually, the fans can check with the local broadcaster of their countries for the live telecast of the Budapest Cup 2025.
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