Schedule announced as Capitals and Knight Riders set to clash on opening night of ILT20 2023
Sunil Narine (Source: BCCI/IPL)
The star-studded lineups of the International League T20 will be on display when the inaugural season kick-offs on 13th of January 2023 with Dubai Capitals taking on Abu Dhabi Knight Riders at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The fixtures sees 34 games to be played across three venues and 30 days with six teams, while three of them are owned by IPL franchises namely GMR Group who owns Dubai Capitals, Reliance Industries' MI Emirates and Red Chillis' Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.
While Capri Global’s Sharjah Warriors, Adani Sportsline's Gulf Giants and Lancer Capital's Desert Vipers will form the other three. The likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, etc will be set the tournament on fire with their quality skills.
General Secretary of Emirates Cricket Board, Mubashshir Usmani, spoke about the much-awaited schedule of this high-profile league. He said,
“This is a very exciting time for the league and, collectively, we are delighted to announce the 2023 ILT20 playing schedule. To have superstars such as Dubai Capital’s Dasun Shanaka and Abu Dhabi Knight Rider’s Andre Russell open their teams’ accounts is very exciting. We cannot wait for the teams to arrive (in early January) and battle it out on the park and provide world-class entertainment to the cricket fans here, in the UAE, and around the globe.”
The league is set to clash with South Africa's SA20 that will see the daylight in the same window as ILT20. However, it remains interesting to see who grabs more eyeballs.
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