2025 International League T20

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2025 International League T20
Dates11 January – 9 February 2025
Administrator(s) Emirates Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and Playoffs
Host(s) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Participants6
Matches34
Official website www.ilt20.ae
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The 2025 International League T20 (also known as DP World International League T20 2025 or DP World ILT20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the third season of the International League T20, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United Arab Emirates, organised by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament will be played from 11 January 2025 and the final will be held on 9 February 2025. MI Emirates are the defending champions.

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Squads

Teams had the option of retaining players or acquiring new signings. [1] [2]

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Desert Vipers Dubai Capitals Gulf Giants MI Emirates Sharjah Warriors
Last year Performance
4th position
(Group Stage- 3rd)
5th position
(Group Stage)
Runner-up
(Group Stage- 4th)
3rd position
(Group Stage- 2nd)
Champions
(Group Stage- 1st)
6th position
(Group Stage)
Head Coaches
Captains
Players
Replacement Players
Unavailable/Withdrawn Players

Points table

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 00000—Advance to Qualifier 1
2 Desert Vipers 00000—
3 Dubai Capitals 00000—Advance to Eliminator
4 Gulf Giants 00000—
5 MI Emirates 00000—
6 Sharjah Warriors 00000—
Source: [ citation needed ]

Play-offs

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
TBDTBD
1Q1W
2TBDQ2W
Q1L
Eliminator EW
TBD
3
4
Qualifier 1
TBD
TBD
v
TBD
TBD
Eliminator
TBD
TBD
v
TBD
TBD
Qualifier 2
TBD
TBD
v
TBD
TBD
Final
TBD
TBD
v
TBD
TBD

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References

  1. ↑ "Ferguson, Fakhar, Hope, Shepherd among new signings for ILT20 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  2. ↑ "ILT20 Season 3: Russell, Narine, Warner, Pooran among top retentions". ESPNcricinfo. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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