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The second season of the International League T20 starts on Friday, January 19, 2024.
The six-league franchise league will be played on three venues across the UAE. The squads had been assembled and have been training since October 2023 and are now ready to battle for the title.
TSN lists the complete squads for the second season of ILT20:
Which teams will participate in the ILT20 2024?
No additional franchises have been added to the roster of the league. The six teams that will will compete in the second season of ILT20 are:
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
- Desert Vipers
- Dubai Capitals
- Gulf Giants
- Mumbai Indians Emirates
- Sharjah Warriors
Complete squads for ILT20 2024
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
- 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
- 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
- Nathan Sowter
- Dan Lawrence
Dubai Capitals
- 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
- 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
- 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 (c)
- Nosthush Kenjige
- Odean Smith
- Trent Boult
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
- Waqar Salamkheil
- Will Smeed
- Zahoor Khan
Sharjah Warriors
- 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
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Who won the ILT20 2023?
Gulf Giants clinched the inaugural edition of the International League T20. They won the 2023 season and defeated the Desert Vipers in the final. The Giants chased the 147-run target set by the Vipers with eight deliveries to spare.
Chris Lynn played a heroic knock on the night of the final, scoring an unbeaten 50-ball 72. The Australian veteran hit nine boundaries and one maximum to guide his team to victory in the inaugural season of the league.
