UAE ILT20 2023 MI Emirates Team Squad Players List Revealed, Jersey And Captain Yet To Be Announced

UAE ILT20 2023 MI Emirates Team Squad Players List Revealed, Jersey And Captain Yet To Be Announced

Mumbai Indians owned franchise MI Emirates revealed their team squad list for the upcoming UAE International League T20 – UAE ILT20

The squad, which includes a mix of current and past MI players, along with new players will be based in Abu Dhabi.

MI Emirates owners, the Mumbai Indians are a popular IPL franchise that has won the IPL a record five times. Earlier this week, before announcing the squad list, MI announced the name and identity of their UAE ILT20 franchise as “MI Emirates”, phonetically pronounced as “MY Emirates.” The team is dedicated to the fans across the Emirates geography.

UAE ILT20 2023 MI Emirates Team Squad Players List Known, Jersey And Captain Yet To Be Announced

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MI also recently made headlines for buying a franchise in the newly revamped South African league, the CSA T20 League.

MI Emirates New Team With Familiar Faces

Besides the new players, the MI Emirates squad will feature a set of familiar faces who are current or past MI players. The likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, and Trent Boult will join the MI Emirates ahead of the inaugural edition. The players will adorn MI’s iconic blue and gold, amongst the other new players.

Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio, which owns the Mumbai Indians franchise stated:

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I am delighted with our dynamic group of 14 players that will be part of our #Onefamily and represent ‘MI Emirates’. We are glad to have one of our key pillars, Kieron Pollard continue with MI Emirates. Joining us back are Dwayne Bravo, Trent Boult, and Nicholas Pooran.

A very warm welcome to all players of MI Emirates. MI is known to strike a balance between experience and investing in young talent to unlock their true potential which will help us play the MI way. This is what fans expect from us and will drive the MI ethos forward.

MI Emirates Squad List

The MI Emirates features a squad list of players signed as per the league guidelines. Given below are the list of foreign palyers that the MI Emirates have acquired for their squad in the UAE ILT20:

Sr. No. Player Name Nationality
1 Kieron Pollard West Indies
2 Dwayne Bravo West Indies
3 Nicholas Pooran West Indies
4 Trent Boult New Zealand
5 Andre Fletcher West Indies
6 Imran Tahir South Africa
7 Samit Patel England
8 Will Smeed England
9 Jordan Thompson England
10 Najibullah Zadran Afghanistan
11 Zahir Khan Afghanistan
12 Fazalhaq Farooqui Afghanistan
13 Bradley Wheal Scotland
14 Bas De Leede Netherlands

Apart from these players, the local players from UAE will be added to the MI Emirates squad in the near future.

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