ILT20 UAE Local Players 2025 – Season 3 | Team-wise List

ILT20 UAE Local Players for season 3-In just over one month until the third “Smart ball” is bowled, and the first bat echoes its glorious crack across the Dubai International Stadium, the International League T20 has today, in conjunction with its six-franchises – Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Desert Vipers, Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants, MI Emirates and Sharjah Warriors – announced to the cricketing world the UAE players who will compete in the inaugural ILT20 from Friday, 19 January. These players will represent the United Arab Emirates in the ILT20 First Season.

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As a result of this news, the final clubs competing in the league’s first season have been solidified.

The much-anticipated announcement marks an incredible moment in Emirates Cricket’s history and heralds a bright future for the Associate nation on their journey towards player development. With 24 coveted places available, comprising four players per team, and where at least two (players) will play in the starting XI of each side in each match, the announcement marks an incredible moment in Emirates Cricket’s history as well as heralds a bright future for the Associate nation.

The entry of UAE’s players into an ICC-sanctioned event provides Associate Cricket with an undeniably significant boost, as the players will have the opportunity to compete in a competition of a world-class standard.

The General Secretary of Emirates Cricket, Mubashshir Usmani, said, “Today is an immensely satisfying day.” We will not stop stressing that the league’s core purpose is to foster player and team growth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as stated in the previous sentence.

“To be in the position to now share with the cricketing world that we have delivered on this mandate, with the support of and commitment from our franchises, that 24 of the best available UAE talent has been secured (by the franchises), is an incredible day for Emirates Cricket and the Board,” he said. “To be in the position to share with the cricketing world that we have delivered on this mandate, with the support of and commitment from our franchises.”

“We are overjoyed that in addition to many players who already have caps, the performance and development teams were able to identify several rising stars who do not yet have caps from within a huge pool of candidates.”

ILT20 UAE Local Players 2025

Below you can see UAE local players team-wise list for season 3 2025:

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders:

1. Matiullah Khan
2. Sabir Ali
3. Sam Hain
4. Alishan Sharafu
5. Aditya Shetty

Desert Vipers:

1. Aryan Lakra
2. Ali Naseer
3. Karthik Meiyappan
4. Rohan Mustafa

Dubai Capitals:

1. Raja Akif Ullah Khan
2. Vritya Aravind
3. Rahul Chopra
4. Haider Ali

Gulf Giants:

1. Aayan Khan
2. Usman Khan
3. Sanchit Sharma
4. Mohammad Zohaib Zubair

MI Emirates:

1. Zahoor Khan
2. Nosthush Kenjige
3. Muhammad Waseem
4. Asif Khan

Sharjah Warriors:

1. Nilansh Keswani
2. Muhammad Jawadullah
3. Junaid Siddique
4. Basil Hameed