Have a look at the ILT20 Season 2 teams, captains, head coaches and squad players list in 2024
The DP World ILT20 league has made sure that the lessons learned from the first season are expanded upon with inventiveness in the second edition of the league, which gets underway this Friday at the Sharjah International Stadium with the reigning champions Gulf Giants taking on Sharjah Warriors.
ILT20 season 2 2024 teams, coaches, captains list, squad players list
ILT20 season 2 will feature top T20 players from around the globe in addition to stars and up-and-coming players from the United Arab Emirates. Each team has a mix of local and international talent on their roster, which was assembled during the player draft last year.
The Super Sub and Wild Cards have been added to the ILT20 league for this edition, drawing inspiration from the richest franchise league in the world; the Indian Premier League (IPL).
ILT20 season 2 will follow the same format as the first, with six teams competing twice in a round-robin phase. The top four teams advance to the playoffs, where the victor is determined. The qualifying round will be followed by the eliminator, qualifier 2, and final under the IPL format for the playoffs. There will be 34 games played at three distinct locations in the UAE’s three largest cities: Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai.
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— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 18, 2024
A look at ILT20 Season 2 coaches, teams, captains and squad
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
- Captain: Sunil Narine
- Head coach: Bharat Arun
Squad
- Ali Khan
- Andre Russell
- Brandon McMullen
- Charith Asalanka
- David Willey
- Jake Lintott
- Joe Clarke
- Josh Little
- Laurie Evans
- Marchant de Lange
- Matiullah Khan
- Michael Pepper
- Ravi Bopara
- Sabir Ali
- Sam Hain
- Sunil Narine
- Imad Wasim
Desert Vipers
- Captain: Colin Munro
- Head coach: James Foster
Squad
- Adam Hose
- Alex Hales
- Ali Naseer
- Azam Khan
- Bas de Leede
- Colin Munro
- Dinesh Chandimal
- Gus Atkinson
- Luke Wood
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Michael Jones
- Rohan Mustafa
- Shadab Khan
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Sheldon Cottrell
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Tom Curran
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Mohammad Amir
Dubai Capitals
- Captain: David Warner
- Head coach: David Warner
Hemang Badani
Squad
- Andrew Tye
- Dasun Shanaka
- David Warner
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Joe Root
- Mark Wood
- Max Holden
- Mohammad Mohsin
- Nuwan Thushara
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Raja Akif
- Roman Powell
- Roelof van der Merwe
- Sadeera Samarawickrama
- Sam Billings
- Sikandar Raza
Gulf Giants
- Captain: James Vince
- Head coach: Andy Flower
Squad
- Aayan Afzal Khan
- Carlos Brathwaite
- Chris Jordan
- Chris Lynn
- Dominic Drakes
- Gerhard Erasmus
- Jamie Overton
- James Vince
- Jamie Smith
- Jordan Cox
- Karim Janat
- Mujeeb-ur-Rahman
- Rehan Ahmed
- Richard Gleeson
- Sanchit Sharma
- Saurabh Netravalkar
- Shimon Hetmyer
MI Emirates
- Captain: Nicholas Pooran
- Head coach: Robin Singh
Squad
- Akeal Hosein
- Ambati Rayudu
- Andre Fletcher
- Corey Anderson
- Daniel Mousley
- Dwayne Bravo
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Jordan Thompson
- Kieron Pollard
- Kusal Perera
- McKenny Clarke
- Muhammad Waseem
- Nicholas Pooran
- Nosthush Kenjige
- Odean Smith
- Trent Boult
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
- Waqar Salamkheil
- Will Smeed
- Zahoor Khan
Sharjah Warriors
- Captain: Tom Kohler-Cadmore
- Head coach: Johan Botha
Squad
- Chris Sole
- Chris Woakes
- Daniel Sams
- Dilshan Madushanka
- James Fuller
- Joe Denly
- Johnson Charles
- Junaid Siddique
- Kusal Mendis
- Lewis Gregory
- Mahesh Theekshana
- Mark Deyal
- Mark Watt
- Martin Guptill
- Muhammad Jawadullah
- Qais Ahmad
- Sean Williams
- Tom Kohler-Cadmore