Abu Dhabi T10 League: All you need to know including teams, squads and dates of the league
With the Abu Dhabi T10 league set to begin in just under two months’ time, the player draft for the tournament took place on Monday, 26th of September and the squads of all eight teams were finalized. In this article, you will find everything that you need to know about the T10 league.
What is It?
The Abu Dhabi T10 is a ten overs a side tournament held each year in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2017 and has then been staged in the UAE every year since its inception. This will therefore be the sixth edition of this league and will take place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium from 23rd of November to 4th of December this year.
Format and Dates:
The league is played on a group stage basis where all the teams face each other twice, with the four top teams to qualify for the play-offs which involve three games consisting of two qualifiers and one eliminator. The first qualifier is played between the top two teams, with the winner going straight to the final, whereas the losing team gets another chance to qualify for the final by playing the winner of the eliminator.
The eliminator is played between the third and fourth ranked teams, with the loser being eliminated and the winner progressing to the second qualifier, where they face the loser of the first qualifier. The final is then played among the winners of both the qualifier matches.
The same format is being used in various leagues across the world such as the PSL and the IPL, and while it may sound complex, in reality it is quite easy to follow and provides the fans with some quality cricket and entertainment.
This year it will be the sixth edition of the league, and it will be played from 23rd of November to 4th of December at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Teams in the tournament :
This year the league has been expanded to eight teams for the first time since it started and two new teams Morrisville Samp Army and New York Strikers have been added to the league for the first time. Prior to this, only six teams were involved in the tournament since the first Abu Dhabi T10 in 2017.
The teams which will be taking part in this year’s edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 are as follows:
• Bangla Tigers
• New York Strikers
• Deccan Gladiators
• Delhi Bulls
• Northern Warriors
• Morrisville Samp Army
• Team Abu Dhabi
• Chennai Braves
Previous Winners:
Deccan Gladiators are the defending champions and won the latest edition of the tournament in 2021, this was their first title as they defeated Delhi Bulls in the Final.
The winners of each of the edition of the league to date are listed below:
2017: Kerala Kings
2018: Northern Warriors
2019: Maratha Arabians
2021: Northern Warriors
2021-2022: Deccan Gladiators
Squads:
The draft of the league took place on Monday, where all the teams picked the players according to their requirements to make the best combinations within their teams. Prior to the draft a few names were retained by each of the squads from the 2021 edition whereas the two new teams also signed some great players as well.
Each team signed up one platinum player ahead of the draft and named one icon player for the season, and completed the rest of their squad through the players Draft.
The full squads of each of the teams after the players draft are as follows :
1. Morrisville SAMP Army:
David Miller (icon), Anrich Nortje, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Johnson Charles, Chamika Karunaratne, George Garton, Andries Gous, Jacobus Pienaar, Ibrahim Zadran, Ahmed Raza, Kashif Daud, Basil Hameed, Sheldon Cottrell, Karim Janat.
2. New York Strikers:
Kieron Pollard (icon and captain), Eoin Morgan, Azam Khan, Paul Stirling, Romario Shepherd, Andre Fletcher, Wahab Riaz, Jordan Thompson, Kesrick Williams, Izharulhaq Naveed, Tom Hartley, Muhammad Waseem, Nav Pabreja, Muhammad Farooq, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul.
3. Northern Warriors:
Wanindu Hasaranga (icon), Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell (captain), Adam Lyth, Reece Topley, Kennar Lewis, Wayne Parnell, Adam Hose, Chris Green, Rayad Emrit, Gus Atkinson, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Usman, Hamdan Tahir, Dushmantha Chameera, Mohammad Irfan.
4. Bangla Tigers:
Shakib Al Hasan (icon and captain), Evin Lewis, Colin Munro, Hazratullah Zazai, Joe Clarke, Benny Howell, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Amir, Matheesha Pathirana, Nurul Hasan, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Rohan Mustafa, Chirag Suri, Umair Ali, Dan Christian, Jake Ball.
5. Deccan Gladiators:
Nicholas Pooran (icon), Andre Russell, David Wiese, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Luke Wood, Josh Little, Odean Smith, Will Smeed, Zahir Khan, Curtis Campher, Zahoor Khan, Adeel Malik, Sultan Ahmed, Jason Roy, Taskin Ahmed.
6. The Chennai Braves:
Dasun Shanaka (icon), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Carlos Brathwaite, Obed McCoy, Maheesh Theekshana, Olly Stone, Ben Duckett, Sam Cook, Sikandar Raza, Ross Whiteley, Kobe Herft, Karthik Meiyappan, Vriitya Aravind, Sabir Rao, Laurie Evans, James Fuller.
7. Team Abu Dhabi:
Chris Lynn (icon), Fabian Allen, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Naveen-ul-Haq, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, James Vince, Brandon King, Amad Butt, Darwish Rasooli, Alishan Sharafu, Abid Ali, Ethan D’Souza, Mustafizur Rahman, Peter Hatzoglou.
8. Delhi Bulls:
Dwayne Bravo (icon and captain), Tim David, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rilee Rossouw, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Will Jacks, Najibullah Zadran, Dominic Drakes, Richard Gleeson, Keemo Paul, Mitchell Stanley, Shiraz Ahmed, Karnal Zahid, Aayan Afzal Khan, Imad Wasim, Jordan Cox.
