The retention list for the second season of International League T20 (ILT20 2024 ) was out on Monday. Many players who were part of the various teams in the first season were retained by their respective franchises.
ILT20 is a franchise T20 tournament organized by (UAE) Emirates Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in January this year. A total of six teams were part of the tournament. Many top international players are part of ILT20.
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ILT20 2024: Retentions List Out For Second Season
All six franchises revealed their retentions list for the second season of ILT20 i.e. ILT20 2024. The maximum salary cap of each franchise is US $2.5 Million. The minimum expense is US $1.5 Million.
Teams like Gulf Giants, Desert Vipers, and MI Emirates have retained many players from the first season. On the other hand, Dubai Capitals, Sharjah Warriors, and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have dropped many names from their squads.
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Some prominent players who have made it to the retentions list of various franchises are Alex Hales, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sikandar Raza, Rovman Powell, Chris Jordan, James Vince, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult and Chris Woakes.
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Meanwhile, Gulf Giants were the champions of ILT20 2023. The team crushed Desert Vipers by 7 wickets in the final to clinch the trophy. In the league stage too, Gulf Giants finished in the top spot on the points table. MI Emirates finished in the 3rd spot.
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Abu Dhabi Knight Riders were the worst performers of the season, finishing in the last spot in the points table. The team won just 1 game and lost 8 out of 10. A total of 34 matches took place during ILT20 2023 in a double round-robin format.
List of retained and released players
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders –
Retained: Ali Khan, Andre Russell, Charith Asalanka, Joe Clarke, Sabir Ali, Sunil Narine, Marchant de Lange, Matiullah Khan
Released: Brandon King, Colin Ingram, Connor Esterhuizen, Kennar Lewis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Fahad Nawaz, Raymon Reifer, Paul Stirling, Brandon Glover, Akeal Hosein, Lahiru Kumara, Ravi Rampaul, Zawar Farid
Desert Vipers –
Retained: Alex Hales, Ali Naseer, Colin Munro, Dinesh Chandimal, Gus Atkinson, Luke Wood, Matheesha Pathirana, Rohan Mustafa, Sheldon Cottrell, Sherfane Rutherford, Tom Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga
Released: Sam Billings, Adam Lyth, Benny Howell, Ronak Panoly, Jake Lintott, Tymal Mills, Shiraz Ahmed, Ruben Trumpelmann, Mark Watt
Dubai Capitals –
Retained: Dushmantha Chameera, Joe Root, Akif Raja, Rovman Powell, Sikandar Raza
Released: Chirag Suri, Niroshan Dickwella, Hazratullah Zazai, Dan Lawrence, George Munsey, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Robin Uthappa, Fabian Allen, Ravi Bopara, Chamika Karunaratne, Yusuf Pathan, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, Hazrat Luqman, Fred Klaassen, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jash Giyanani, Ollie White
Gulf Giants-
Retained: Aayan Afzal Khan, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Chris Lynn, Gerhard Erasmus, James Vince, Jamie Overton, Rehan Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, Sanchit Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer
Released: Tom Banton, Ollie Pope, C Rizwan, Ashwanth Valthapa, Liam Dawson, Dominic Drakes, David Wiese, Qais Ahmad, Tom Helm
MI Emirates –
Retained: Andre Fletcher, Daniel Mousley, Dwayne Bravo, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jordan Thompson, Kieron Pollard, McKenny Clarke, Muhammad Waseem, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult, Will Smeed, Zahoor Khan
Released: Vriitya Aravind, Basil Hameed, Najibullah Zadran, Lorcan Tucker, Bas de Leede, Tom Lammonby, Craig Overton, Samit Patel, Imran Tahir, Brad Wheal, Zahir Khan
Sharjah Warriors –
Retained: Chris Woakes, Joe Denly, Junaid Siddique, Mark Deyal, Muhammad Jawadullah, Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Released: Chris Benjamin, Evin Lewis, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dawid Malan, Alishan Sharafu, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Mohammad Nabi, Paul Walter, Karthik Meiyappan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Bilal Khan, Jamal Todd
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