A complete of 117 cricketers are collaborating for six groups in the inaugural season of International League T20 being played in the UAE. An opulent T20 league, it is presented into its 1/3 day which includes a couple of matches. Coming on the return of a loss in the event opener, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders are enjoying their 2d match.
Unlike Friday, Knight Riders are batting first at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in an afternoon contest. The sole exchange made by way of them for this suit is inclusive of pacer Matiullah Khan in the area of all-rounder Fahad Nawaz. Playing their first-ever match, Gulf Giants have taken the area below the captaincy of England batter James Vince.
Other than the skipper, some of Gulf’s different global cricketers are Ollie Pope, Shimron Hetmyer, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Rehan Ahmed, Chris Jordan, and Richard Gleeson. As a way as Indian cricketers are concerned, solely former batters Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan are taking phase in ILT20 2023.
Both sections of Dubai Capitals had been even sections of their beginning Playing XI in the first suit in opposition to Abu Dhabi. Having performed fifty-nine and seventy-nine white-ball suits for India respectively, Uthappa and Pathan had ultimately performed worldwide cricket in 2015 and 2012.
The pair had to hold their boots from worldwide cricket in order to be eligible for engaging in foreign places T20 leagues due to BCCI’s strict restrictions around no longer permitting their gamers to play T20 leagues outdoors of their control.
Uthappa, 35, had publicly expressed a wish of taking part in distant places T20 competitions even urging former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly to let non-contracted gamers play at least two leagues per year.
Top International League T20 Batsman 2023 :
| Rank | Player | Player of the Match |
| 1 | James Vince | Player of the Match for 83(56) |
| 2 | Alex Hales | Player of the Match for 83(52) |
| 3 | Sanchit Sharma | Player of the Match for 3/9 |
| 4 | Muhammad Waseem | Player of the Match for 71(39) , 0/15 |
| 5 | Rovman Powell | Player of the Match for 48(29) , 2/15 |