Former West Indies Captain and Legend Kieron Pollard, Current Captain Nicholls Pooran and T20 Star Dwayne Bravo have all singed for playing in the second most lucrative cricket league in the world – International League T20 (ILT20), which is owned by mostly IPL Franchises and run under the direction of Emirates Cricket Board.
The ILT20’s first season will begin in January 2023.
“Having recently announced some of the biggest names in global T20 cricket today. Therefore, the league bolsters their roster by adding more impressive names to their list of Marquee Players. Those joining this illustrious list include; Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Dwayne Bravo, Dasun Shanaka, Ollie Pope, Fazalhaq Farooqi,” a media release stated.
On latest list of Players join the League, Mubashshir Usmani, Emirates Cricket’s General Secretary said:
“Our team continues to impressed with the quality of talent that has committed to participating in the ILT20.”
“We pleased to see the list of Marquee players grow in stature which is evident through our latest reveal. And also we encouraged to see exciting, emerging talent join such experienced names from world cricket,” Usmani said.
Will Smeed, Rehan Ahmed, Jordan Thompson, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Bas de Leede, Chris Benjamin, and Bilal Khan are also on the most recent players to join the list.
The First season of ILT20 which has get ICC Clearance and Window will make its debut in January 2023.
There will be 34 Matches Playing between six Teams on 3 Venues at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
The owners of six Teams are:
Reliance Industries, Kolkata Knight Riders, Capri Global, GMR, Lancer Capital, and also Adani Sportsline are a few of the franchise owners.
