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Six Pakistan players to feature in 2022 Abu Dhabi T10 League

Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium will host the tournament's sixth edition and will be played from 23 November to 4th December this year

Six Pakistan players to feature in 2022 Abu Dhabi T10 League PHOTO: Abu Dhabi T10

Abu Dhabi T10 League is set to get underway in a couple of months and the player drafts for the tournament took place on Monday (September 26). 

Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium will host the tournament's sixth edition and will be played from 23 November to 4th December this year. 

Coming to the player draft this year, each squad retained a few names from the 2021 edition. Dwayne Bravo (Delhi Bulls), Andre Russell (Deccan Gladiators), David Wiese (Deccan Gladiators), Mohammad Amir (Bangla Tigers), Matheesha Pathiraana (Bangla Tigers) are some of the popular names that were retained by their previous teams for the upcoming edition.  

The two new teams Morrisville Samp Army and New York Strikers will be led by David Miller and Kieron Pollard, respectively and they have snapped up some fine names as well. Each team signed up one platinum player ahead of the draft and named one icon player for the season.  

Bangla Tigers retained Mohammad Amir while five Pakistanis were also drafted by the teams. Imad Wasim will play for Delhi Bulls while Wahab Riaz and Azam Khan will represent New York Strikers. 

Team Abu Dhabi has snapped Amad Butt while Mohammad Irfan to play for Northern Warriors.

Abu Dhabi T10 League 2022 - Complete Squads

Bangla Tigers

Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Evin Lewis, Colin Munro, Hazratullah Zazai, Joe Clarke, Benny Howell, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Amir, Matheesha Pathirana, Nurul Hasan, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Rohan Mustafa, Chirag Suri, Umair Ali, Dan Christian, Jake Ball

Chennai Braves

Dasun Shanaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Carlos Brathwaite, Obed McCoy, Maheesh Theekshana, Olly Stone, Ben Duckett, Sam Cook, Sikandar Raza, Ross Whiteley, Kobe Herft, Karthik Meiyappan, Vriitya Aravind, Sabir Rao, Laurie Evans, James Fuller

Deccan Gladiators

Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Luke Wood, Josh Little, Odean Smith, Will Smeed, Zahir Khan, Curtis Campher, Zahoor Khan, Adeel Malik, Sultan Ahmed, Jason Roy, Taskin Ahmed

Delhi Bulls

Dwayne Bravo (captain), Tim David, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rilee Rossouw, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Will Jacks, Najibullah Zadran, Dominic Drakes, Richard Gleeson, Keemo Paul, Mitchell Stanley, Shiraz Ahmed, Karnal Zahid, Aayan Afzal Khan, Imad Wasim, Jordan Cox

Morrisville Samp Army

David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Johnson Charles, Chamika Karunaratne, George Garton, Andries Gous, Jacobus Pienaar, Ibrahim Zadran, Ahmed Raza, Kashif Daud, Basil Hameed, Sheldon Cottrell, Karim Janat

Northern Warriors

Wanindu Hasaranga, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell (captain), Adam Lyth, Reece Topley, Kennar Lewis, Wayne Parnell, Adam Hose, Chris Green, Rayad Emrit, Gus Atkinson, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Usman, Hamdan Tahir, Dushmantha Chameera, Mohammad Irfan

New York Strikers

Kieron Pollard (captain), Eoin Morgan, Azam Khan, Paul Stirling, Romario Shepherd, Andre Fletcher, Wahab Riaz, Jordan Thompson, Kesrick Williams, Izharulhaq Naveed, Tom Hartley, Muhammad Waseem, Nav Pabreja, Muhammad Farooq, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul

Team Abu Dhabi

Chris Lynn, Fabian Allen, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Naveen-ul-Haq, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, James Vince, Brandon King, Amad Butt, Darwish Rasooli, Alishan Sharafu, Abid Ali, Ethan D’Souza, Mustafizur Rahman, Peter Hatzoglou