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2025 International League T20

Dates	11 January – 9 February 2025
Administrator(s)	Emirates Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and Playoffs
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Participants	6
Matches	34
Official website	www.ilt20uae.com
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The 2025 International League T20 (also known as DP World International League T20 2025 or DP World ILT20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the third season of the International League T20, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United Arab Emirates, organised by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament will be played from 11 January 2025 and the final will be held on 9 February 2025. MI Emirates are the defending champions.

Background

The 2025 season will clash with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and SA20.

The 2025 International League T20 is a professional T20 tournament held between men's franchise cricket teams, organized by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament, first played in 2023, has quickly gained popularity. The last tournament, held in 2024, was contested by six teams. The defending champions were MI Emirates, who defeated Dubai Capitals in the final of the previous edition.

Squads

Teams had the option of retaining players or acquiring new signings.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders	Desert Vipers	Dubai Capitals	Gulf Giants	MI Emirates	Sharjah Warriors
Last year Performance
4th position (Group Stage- 3rd)	5th position (Group Stage)	Runner-up (Group Stage- 4th)	3rd position (Group Stage- 2nd)	Champions (Group Stage- 1st)	6th position (Group Stage)
Head Coaches
Captains
Sunil Narine	Alex Hales	David Warner	James Vince	Nicholas Pooran	Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Players
Charith Asalanka Roston Chase Joe Clarke Laurie Evans Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Andries Gous Terrance Hinds Ali Khan Hassan Khan Gudakesh Motie Michael Pepper Andre Russell Alishan Sharafu Adhitya Shetty David Willey Kyle Mayers Jason Holder Ibrar Ahmed Shahid Bhutta	Mohammad Amir Bas de Leede Lockie Ferguson Wanindu Hasaranga Max Holden Adam Hose Michael Jones Azam Khan Dan Lawrence Ali Naseer David Payne Sherfane Rutherford Nathan Sowter Tanish Suri Luke Wood Fakhar Zaman Sam Curran Fahad Nawaz Dhruv Parashar Khuzaima Tanveer	Haider Ali Izharulhaq Naveed Qais Ahmad Jasdeep Singh Sam Billings Joe Burns Dushmantha Chameera Shai Hope Zahir Khan Scott Kuggeleijn Obed McCoy Jake Fraser-McGurk Brandon McMullen Gulbadin Naib Rovman Powell Akif Raja Sikandar Raza Adam Rossington Dasun Shanaka Olly Stone Jeffrey Vandersay Joe Weatherley Najibullah Zadran Aqib Ilyas Lovepreet Singh Ansh Tandon	Mark Adair Rehan Ahmed Jordan Cox Tom Curran Dominic Drakes Gerhard Erasmus Richard Gleeson Shimron Hetmyer Chris Jordan Aayan Afzal Khan Adam Lyth Tymal Mills Blessing Muzarabani Jamie Overton Dipendra Singh Airee Jamie Smith Daniel Worrall Ibrahim Zadran Wahidullah Zadran Zuhaib Zubair Aryansh Sharma Farhan Khan Kashif Daud Mohammad Ayaz	Fareed Ahmad Tom Banton Dwayne Bravo Ben Charlesworth Thomas Draca Fazalhaq Farooqi Andre Fletcher Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Nosthush Kenjige Dan Mousley Nitish Kumar Kusal Perera Kieron Pollard Ambati Rayudu Muhammad Rohid Khan Waqar Salamkheil Romario Shepherd Jordan Thompson Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Muhammad Waseem Kai Smith Alishan Sharafu	Ashton Agar Gus Atkinson Johnson Charles Avishka Fernando Peter Hatzoglou Karim Janat Muhammad Jawadullah Dilshan Madushanka Kusal Mendis Adam Milne Keemo Paul Bhanuka Rajapaksa Adil Rashid Jason Roy Daniel Sams Tim Seifert Junaid Siddique Harmeet Singh Virandeep Singh Matthew Wade Luke Wells Kashyap Prajapati Karthik Meiyappan
Replacement Players
Unavailable/Withdrawn Players

Venues

United Arab Emirates
Dubai	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 20,000
DubaiSharjahAbu Dhabi

Teams and standings

Points table

League progression

Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

League stage

Play-offs

References

1. "ILT20 2025 to start and end in Dubai amid clash with SA20, BBL and BPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. "Ferguson, Fakhar, Hope, Shepherd among new signings for ILT20 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
3. "ILT20 Season 3: Russell, Narine, Warner, Pooran among top retentions". ESPNcricinfo. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
4. "ILT20 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo
• Official website

• 2020s in Emirati cricket
• Domestic cricket competitions in 2024–25