International League T20 (ILT20) Season 4 Auction will be held in Dubai
R Ashwin has entered the auction
Live streaming and other information listed below
International League T20 (ILT20) Season 4 Auction will be held in Dubai
R Ashwin has entered the auction
Live streaming and other information listed below
The International League T20 (ILT20) enters it's fourth season with the auction to be held on Wednesday, October 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jumeirah Beach in Dubai. This will be the first time that the ILT20 will let go of direct signing model and approach for a competitive bidding process, that will see some star players enter the fray.
The six franchises that will be participating at the auction are - Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Desert Vipers, MI Emirates and Sharjah Warriorz. There will be 300 players entering the auction pool from 20-plus countries.
Each team will be handed a purse of 1.5 million dollars, with an option of spending further $2 million including two wildcard signings worth $250,000 outside the auction. Franchises must collate squad around 14-18 players, with six overseas stars and a minimum of five UAE local stars.
All eyes will be on Ravichandran Ashwin and his availability for the league. The veteran star enters the auction at a base price of $120,000 following his international retirement. Alongside Ashwin, there are four other Indian players in the pool - Piyush Chawla, Ankit Rajput, Siddharth Kaul and Priyank Panchal.
Date: October 1, 2025
Start Time: 3:30 pm IST (India), 2:00 pm local time (UAE)
Venue: Dubai
Live Streaming: Zee5 (India) and ILT20’s official YouTube channel (Rest of the world)
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Liam Livingstone, Alishan Sharafu, Alex Hales, Sherfane Rutherford, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Jason Holder (Wildcard), Piyush Chawla (Wildcard)
Desert Vipers: Lockie Ferguson, Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Max Holden, Sam Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga, Andries Gous, Shimron Hetmyer (Wildcard)
Dubai Capitals: Jordan Matthew Cox, Rovman Powell, Gulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Waqar Salamkheil, Haider Ali, Muhammad Jawadullah, Jimmy Neesham, David Willey (Wildcard), Leus de Plooy (Wildcard)
Gulf Giants: James Vince, Aayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Muzarabani, Gerhard Erasmus, Mark Adair, Azmatullah Omarzai, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Kyle Mayers (Wildcard), Matthew Forde (Wildcard)
MI Emirates: AM Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kamindu Mendis, Romario Shepherd, Tom Banton, Muhammad Waseem, Chris Woakes, Jonny Bairstow
Sharjah Warriorz: Tim Southee, Dinesh Karthik, Johnson Charles, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Saurabh Netravalkar, Sikandar Raza, Tim David, Tom Abell (Wildcard), Adil Rashid (Wildcard)
MI Emirates have not signed any wildcard player, while Desert Vipers can sign one more.