Abdul Jabbar Faisal/Anjum Shakeel
Islamabad/Dubai: The squads for the fourth edition of the DP World International League T20 Development Tournament have been confirmed following the Player Draft held on 2 September, with six teams set to represent the franchises of the DP World ILT20. The tournament will begin on 14 September and bring together some of the UAE’s most promising cricketers in a competition designed to provide them with valuable exposure and experience. Several players selected in the six squads have already featured in the DP World ILT20 and made an impact while others will also have an opportunity to make an impression ahead of the DP World ILT20 Season 5 Player Auction scheduled to take place on 1 October 2026 in Dubai.
Squads:
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development: Masood Ul Rahman Gurbaz, Aftab Alam, Falaknoor Noor, Uzair Khan, Awais Ali Shah, Nawodya Wijayakumara, Zia Mukhtar, Usaid Amin, Junaid Khan Afridi, Asel Sigera, Zahid Ali, Ammar Badami, Salman Saleem, Uzair Haider, Ibrar Ahmad, Mayank Choudhary, Alishan Sharafu
Desert Vipers Development: Ayaan Misbah, Nilansh Keswani, Israr Ahmad, Hilal Afghan, Wasim Akram, Harshit Kaushik, Wali Muhammad, Abdul Ghaffar, Taimoor Ali, Punya Bhatia, Zeeshan Abid, Angad Nehru, Harsh Desai, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Matiullah Khan, Sanjay Pahal, Vriitya Aravind
Dubai Capitals Development: Akshdeep Nath, Tahir Zaman, Khalid Shah, Zeeshan Naseer, Muhammad Arfan, Saghir Khan, Yayin Rai, Ahmed Tariq, Raees Ahmed, Mohomad Halan, Rahul Chopra, Asif Mohammad Taniwal, Abdul Rahman Nasir, Farhan Khan, Haider Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Mohammad Jawadullah
Gulf Giants Development: Sohaib Khan, Adeeb Usmani, Awais Ahmed, Sagar Kalyan, Junaid Shamsudheen, Ansh Tandon, Keshav Sharma, Nabeel Aziz, Muhammad Irshad, Samal Udawaththa, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Vaibhav Govekar, Tanish Suri, Albin Alias, Aayan Khan, Haider Razzaq, Zuhaib Zubair
MI Emirates Development: Kona Srikar Bharat, Ali Naseer, Ibrahim Masood, Vishnu Sukumaran, Adithya Shetty, Aryan Lakra, Nasir Faraz, Said Nazeer, Wahab Hassan, Mohammad Sameer, Zenul Abideen, Raizal Nadir, Naseem Khan, Mohammad Waseem, Muhammad Rohid, Usman Khan, Zahoor Khan
Sharjah Warriorz Development: Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Dilan Suraweera, Daniyal Liaquat, Dhruv Parashar, Luqman Faisal, Mohit Kalyan, Uddish Suri, Basil Hameed, Omid Rahman, Hafiz Almas Ayub, Shahid Iqbal, Aftab Javed, Rayan Khan, Ronak Panoly, Anas Malik, Junaid Siddique, Ethan D Souza
Schedule:
Monday, 14 September – 5pm – Desert Vipers Development vs MI Emirates Development
Monday, 14 September – 9pm – Gulf Giants Development vs Dubai Capitals Development
Tuesday, 15 September – 5pm – Dubai Capitals Development vs Sharjah Warriorz Development
Tuesday, 15 September – 9pm – Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development vs MI Emirates Development
Wednesday, 16 September – 5pm – Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development vs Gulf Giants Development
Wednesday, 16 September – 9pm – Desert Vipers Development vs Sharjah Warriorz Development
Thursday, 17 September – 5pm – MI Emirates Development vs Dubai Capitals Development
Thursday, 17 September – 9pm – Gulf Giants Development vs Desert Vipers Development
Friday, 18 September – Rest/Training
Saturday, 19 September – 5pm – Sharjah Warriorz Development vs Gulf Giants Development
Saturday, 19 September – 9pm – Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development vs Dubai Capitals Development
Sunday, 20 September – 5pm – Desert Vipers Development vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development
Sunday, 20 September – 9pm – Sharjah Warriorz Development vs MI Emirates Development
Monday, 21 September – 7pm – Dubai Capitals Development vs Desert Vipers Development
Tuesday, 22 September – 5pm – MI Emirates Development vs Gulf Giants Development
Tuesday, 22 September – 9pm – Sharjah Warriorz Development vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Development
Wednesday, 23 September – 5pm – Semi-final 1
Wednesday, 23 September – 9pm – Semi-final 2
Thursday, 24 September – 7pm – Final
