Dubai Capitals and Sharjah Warriors of UAE's International League T20 have announced their international roster.
While Fabian Allen, Rovman Powell, Sikander Raza, and Dasun Shanaka have been signed up by the Dubai Capitals, England's Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan and Chris Woakes will play for the Sharjah Warriors.
Dubai Capitals, the team owned by GMR group have also signed Sri Lanka's Dushmantha Chameera, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Afghan cricketer Mujeeb Ur Rehman. Scotland's George Munsey and Fred Klaasen of Netherlands are the 2 associate players. Among the current 14 players, only Rovman Powell plays for Delhi Capitals, the IPL franchise partly owned by the GMR group.
Meanwhile, Sharjah Warriors, the team owned by Capri Global, a non-banking financial company in India, also signed Evin Lewis, Mohd Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and 2 associate players from Oman and Namibia, Bilal Khan and JJ Smit respectively.
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4 domestic players' names for both franchises will be announced at a later date.
Teams so far:
Dubai Capitals: Rovman Powell, Dushmantha Chameera, Hazratullah Zazai, Fabian Allen, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sikandar Raza, Niroshan Dickwella, Dasun Shanaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dan Lawrence, Blessing Muzarabani, Isuru Udana, George Munsey, Fred Klaasse
Sharjah Warriors: Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Evin Lewis, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Chris Benjamin, Danny Briggs, Mark Deyal, Bilal Khan, JJ Smit