DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Worldwide League T20 (ILT20) defending champions, Dubai Capitals, have retained the companies of West Indies T20 captain Shai Hope and Rovman Powell forward of the 2025 season.
Hope was the main run scorer in final 12 months’s event, ending with 527 runs in 12 innings at a median of 58.55 and a strike price of 124.29. He additionally scored one century and three half-centuries.
In the meantime, Powell scored 202 runs from his 12 innings at a median of 33.66 with a strike price of 145.32.
The Capitals additionally retained Gulbadin Naib, whereas including Afghanistan wrist spinner Waqar Salamkheil, England left-arm fast Luke Wooden, and UAE left-arm seamer Muhammad Jawadullah to their squad.
All-rounder Romario Shepherd has been retained by the MI Emirates, which has additionally added Chris Woakes and Kamindu Mendis.
Johnson Charles will as soon as once more prove for the Sharjah Warriors, who retained his companies for the brand new season.
Moreover, the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, who retained Andre Russell and Sunil Narine, have made strikes to enhance on their last-place end from final season by including Sherfane Rutherford, Liam Livingstone, and Alex Hales.
The six franchises will full their squads by means of a participant public sale, particulars of which will probably be introduced quickly, in response to a press release from the ILT20.
The following version of the ILT20 has been introduced ahead to a December-January window with a watch on avoiding the cluttered January-February interval, in addition to ending up properly earlier than the boys’s T20 World Cup, which can run from February to March.