Dubai: For the fourth consecutive season, some of the biggest T20 superstars from around the world will feature in the DP World International League T20. England’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 winners Alex Hales, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Phil Salt and Sam Curran (Season 3 Red Belt Winner – Most Valuable Player) will once again enthral the fans with their talent and skill in the Gulf region’s biggest T20 tournament.
Besides the star-studded England line-up of players at the DP World ILT20 Season 4, West Indies mega stars Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sherfane Rutherford and Shai Hope (Season 3 Green Belt Winner – Best Batter of the Tournament) will be giving it their all for their respective franchises. Zimbabwean all-rounder Sikandar Raza and Afghanistan’s premier new-ball bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi (Season 3 White Belt Winner – Best Bowler of the Tournament) are also set to dazzle in the month-long cricketing extravaganza. Australia’s big-hitting batter Tim David and New Zealand’s fast bowling duo Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee have also declared their availability for Season 4.
The teams have now completed the halfway stage in the squads’ selection process for Season 4 (eight players each). The first phase for Season 4 squad selection included the retention window for players from Season 3 and the new signings window which finished on 16 and 30 June respectively.
In the second phase of the Season 4 squad selection process, the teams will complete their respective squads at the DP World ILT20 Season 4 Player Auction – date and details to be announced in the next few days.
Defending champions Dubai Capitals have added more depth to their bowling stocks by including Season 2 White Belt Winner – Afghanistan left-arm-wrist spinner Waqar Salamkheil as a new signing (previous team – MI Emirates) alongside left-arm pacers Luke Wood (previous team – Desert Vipers) and Muhammad Jawadullah (previous team – Sharjah Warriorz).
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have added real firepower to their batting by adding three explosive T20 batters Alex Hales (previous team – Desert Vipers), Liam Livingstone (previous team – Sharjah Warriorz) and Sherfane Rutherford (previous team – Desert Vipers).
The Desert Vipers have included former ADKR opener Andries Gous as their new signing; the Season 1 and Season 3 finalists have retained the core of their Season 3 squad. Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Lockie Ferguson, Max Holden, Sam Curran and Wanindu Hasaranga will be rejoining the Vipers for Season 4.
Season 1 winners Gulf Giants have signed Afghanistan’s globally recognised all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai who will be making his DP World ILT20 debut this season while donning the Giants kit as one of their new signings. England’s Moeen Ali (previous team Sharjah Warriorz) returns to the DP World ILT20, the T20 great will be playing for the Giants as a new signing. Dashing Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the other new Giants’ Season 4 signing. Gurbaz’s earlier DP World ILT20 stints were with Sharjah Warriorz (Season 1), Dubai Capitals (Season 2) and Desert Vipers (Season 3).
