Andre Russell, Hasaranga signs for UAE's ILT20 League

Some of the big international names will feature in the upcoming UAE T20 league. The organizers of ILT20 on Monday announced the signings of international players. The UAE league will clash with South Africa's T20 league. There are no Pakistani cricketers on the list released by ILT20 because it is very unlikely that PCB will grant NOCs to the players to play in this league.

Australian cricketers apart from Chris Lynn will not be available for the ILT20 league as BBL is also held around that time. 

“Emirates Cricket, and the UAE, has a proven history of identifying and embracing initiatives that underpin the success of the game. It is vitally important, that through this tournament UAE-based players continue to flourish which is one of the objective of this League.” - Khalid Al Zarooni, Chairman, ILT20.

The inaugural edition of the tournament will have 34 matches and will be held in Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi from 6th January to 12th February 2023. Reliance Industries, Capri Global, Adani Sportsline, Lancer Capital, Kolkata Knight Riders, and GMR have bought the six franchises of the league. 

“It’s exciting to see how well the squads are shaping up for the first season of ILT20. Each team will consist of 18 players including 4 UAE players and 2 other players from ICC Associate countries. The quality of the names announced today is outstanding and so is the interest in our league from top players from all around the world." - Mubashshir Usmani, Emirates Cricket’s General Secretary 

Marquee Players:-

Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Dawid Malan, Wanindu Hasiranga, Sunil Narine, Evin Lewis, Colin Munro, Fabien Allen, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Dushmantha Chameera, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Chris Jordan, Tom Banton, Sandeep Lamichhane, Chris Lynn, Rovman Powell, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mujeeb Ul Rahman

Other Players:-

Lahiru Kumara, Seekugge Prassanna, Charith Asalanka, Colin Ingram, Paul Stirling, Kennar Lewis, Ali Khan, Brandon Glover, Ravi Rampaul, Raymon Reifer, Isuru Udana, Blessing Muzarabani, Niroshan Dickwella, Hazaratullah Zazai, Frederick Klassen, Sikandar Raja, George Munsey, Dan Lawrence, Dominic Drakes, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Qais Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, James Vince, Noor Ahmed, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Navin Ul Haq, Sherfane Rutherford, Saqib Mahmood, Ben Duckett, Benny Howell and Ruben Trumpelman.