Countries | United Arab Emirates |
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Format | T10 |
First edition | 2017 |
Latest edition | 2023 |
Tournament format | Page playoff system with round-robin |
Current champion | New York Strikers (1st title) |
Most successful | Northern Warriors Deccan Gladiators (2 titles each) |
Website | https://ttensports.com |
Seasons |
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T10 League or Abu Dhabi T10 is a Ten10 cricket league in the United Arab Emirates launched and owned by T Ten Sports Management. The league is approved by the Emirates Cricket Board. Matches are 10-overs-a-side and the duration of each match is approximately 90 minutes. The tournament is a round-robin format followed by Eliminators and the Final. The International Cricket Council (ICC) officially sanctioned the league in 2018 as a semi-professional cricket tournament. [1]
The league has seen significant year-on-year growth in viewership and economic value, with the 2021-2022 edition of the tournament having reached 342 million viewers through television and digital streaming compared to roughly 37 million viewers in the 2017 edition, [2] and the league's economic impact now valued at US$621.2 million. [3] The next edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 league will take place at the Shiekh Zayed Cricket Stadium in November this year.
The league was founded by Shaji Ul Mulk, the chairman of T10 League. [4] [5]
10 out of the 11 players on a team can be overseas players (from any part of the world). [6]
Team name | First season | Captain |
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Bangla Tigers | 2019 | Shakib Al Hasan |
Chennai Braves | 2021 | Jason Roy |
Deccan Gladiators | 2019 | Nicholas Pooran |
Delhi Bulls | 2019 | Quinton de Kock |
Morrisville Samp Army | 2022 | Faf du Plessis |
New York Strikers | 2022 | Kieron Pollard |
Northern Warriors | 2018 | Wanindu Hasaranga |
Team Abu Dhabi | 2019 | Phil Salt |
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Win margin in final | Most runs | Most wickets |
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2017 | Kerala Kings 121/2 (8 overs) | Punjabi Legends 120/3 (10 overs) | 8 wickets | Luke Ronchi (197) | Sohail Tanvir (5) Rayad Emrit (5) Hasan Ali (5) |
2018 | Northern Warriors 140/3 (10 overs) | Pakhtoons 118/7 (10 overs) | 22 runs | Nicholas Pooran (324) | Hardus Viljoen (18) |
2019 | Maratha Arabians 89/2 (7.2 overs) | Deccan Gladiators 87/8 (10 overs) | 8 wickets | Chris Lynn (371) | George Garton (12) |
2021 | Northern Warriors 85/2 (8.2 overs) | Delhi Bulls 81/9 (10 overs) | 8 wickets | Sohail Akhtar (248) | Jamie Overton (12) |
2021–22 | Deccan Gladiators 159/0 (10 overs) | Delhi Bulls 103/7 (10 overs) | 56 runs | Hazratullah Zazai (353) | Wanindu Hasaranga (21) |
2022 | Deccan Gladiators 128/4 (10 overs) | New York Strikers 91/5 (10 overs) | 37 runs | Nicholas Pooran (345) | Dwaine Pretorius (12) |
2023 | New York Strikers 94/3 (9.2 overs) | Deccan Gladiators 91/5 (10 overs) | 7 wickets | Tom Kohler-Cadmore (368) | Qais Ahmad (16) |
Team | Title(s) | Runner-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of seasons played |
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Deccan Gladiators | 2 | 2 | 2021-22, 2022 | 2019, 2023 | 5 |
Northern Warriors | – | 2018, 2021 | – | 6 | |
New York Strikers | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 2022 | 2 |
Maratha Arabians† | - | 2019 | - | 4 | |
Kerela Kings/Kerela Knights† | 2017 | 2 | |||
Delhi Bulls | – | 2 | - | 2021, 2021-22 | 5 |
Pakhtoons† | 1 | 2018 | 2 | ||
Punjabi Legends† | 2017 | 2 |
†Team now defunct
Season (No. of teams) | 2017 (6) | 2018 (8) | 2019 (8) | 2021 (8) | 2021-22 (6) | 2022 (8) | 2023 (8) |
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Bangla Tigers | – | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 8th | 4th | |
Chennai Braves | – | 6th | 7th | 7th | |||
Deccan Gladiators | – | RU | 6th | W | W | RU | |
Delhi Bulls | – | 7th | RU | RU | 5th | 5th | |
Morrisville Samp Army | – | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
New York Strikers | – | RU | W | ||||
Northern Warriors | – | W | 5th | W | 5th | 6th | 6th |
Team Abu Dhabi | – | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | |
Former teams | |||||||
Bengal Tigers | 5th | 3rd | – | ||||
Karnataka Tuskers/Pune Devils | – | 8th | 8th | – | |||
Kerela Kings/Knights | W | 7th | – | ||||
Maratha Arabians | SF | 4th | W | 7th | – | ||
Pakhtoons | SF | RU | – | ||||
Punjabi Legends | R | 5th | – | ||||
Qalandars | – | 4th | 4th | – | |||
Rajputs | – | 6th | – | ||||
Sindhis | – | 8th | – | ||||
Team Sri Lanka | 6th | – |
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