Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

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Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
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League International League T20
Personnel
Captain Sunil Narine [1]
Coach Bharathi Arun
OwnerKnight Riders Group
Chief executive Venky Mysore
ManagerWayne Bentley
Team information
City Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ColoursPurple and gold
  
Founded2022;3 years ago (2022)
Home ground Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Capacity20,000
Official website www.adkriders.com
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The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the International League T20, a men's Twenty20 league hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board. [2] The franchise is owned by the Knight Riders Group, a sporting subsidiary alliance between the Red Chillies Entertainment and the Mehta Group. [3] Their home ground is the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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History

In August 2022, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced the establishment of the International League T20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi, were put up on auction in UAE in September 2022. The Abu Dhabi franchise was purchased & revealed by Kolkata Knight Riders, part of Knight Riders Franchise. The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023, through their social media handles.

Home ground

The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi (with the two ends of the crease called the North End and the Pavilion End) is serving as the home ground of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. It is operated by the Emirates Cricket Board and is the third-oldest cricket stadium in the country. It is also the second-largest stadium in the United Arab Emirates in terms of crowd capacity with the stadium having over 20,000 seats. In 2021, The stadium hosted some matches of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the tournament was shifted to UAE after the original hosts India were unable to host the tournament due to the outbreak of second-wave of COVID-19 among the whole country. The stadium also served as the home ground for the Kolkata Knight Riders during the 2020 and 2021 editions respectively.

Captains

PlayerTenureMatchesWonLost
Sunil Narine 2023-Present30921
Andre Russell 202411-

Statistics

Season summary

SeasonLeague standingFinal standing
2023 6th out of 6League Stage
2024 4th out of 6Playoffs
2025 6th out of 6League Stage

Overall results

YearPlayedWinsLossesNR
2023 10181
2024 1156-
2025 1037

Against Teams

TeamSpanPlayedWonLostNR
Gulf Giants 2023-20256231
Dubai Capitals 2023-2025716-
Desert Vipers 2023-2025624
MI Emirates 2023-2025615
Sharjah Warriors 2023-2025633

Current squad

NameNationalityBatting styleBowling style
Batsmen
Alishan Sharafu Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Right-handedRight-arm medium
Laurie Evans Flag of England.svg  England Right-handedRight-arm off break
Charith Asalanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Left-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-Keepers
Michael Pepper Flag of England.svg  England Right-handed—
Joe Clarke Flag of England.svg  England Right-handed
Andries Gous Flag of the United States.svg  United States Right-handed
Philip Salt Flag of England.svg  England Right-handed
All-rounders
Sunil Narine (c)WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Left-handedRight-arm off break
Jason Holder WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Andre Russell WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
David Willey Flag of England.svg  England Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Kyle Mayers WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Left-handedRight-arm medium
Roston Chase WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Right-handedRight-arm off break
Bowlers
Ali Khan Flag of the United States.svg  United States Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Adhitya Shetty Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Gudakesh Motie WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ibrar AhmedFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Shahid BhuttaFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Sufiyan Muqeem Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Left-handedLeft-arm chinnaman
Terrance Hinds WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Administration and support staff

PositionName
CEO/Managing Director Venky Mysore
Team manager Adrian Wayne Bentley
Head coach Dwayne Bravo
Assistant coach Riyan Ten Doeschate

Knight Riders Group

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "SUNIL NARINE APPOINTED SKIPPER OF ABU DHABI KNIGHT RIDERS FOR THE UPCOMING ILT20 LEAGUE IN UAE". adkriders. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    2. ↑ "Knight Riders Acquires Abu Dhabi Franchise in the New T20 League in UAE". Kolkata Knight Riders. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
    3. ↑ "ILT20 brings 'Smartball's' 'Smarter Play' technology to its inaugural tournament". www.adkriders.com. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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