All you need to know about the T10 Cricket League 2017

The inaugural edition of the T10 Cricket League is all set to get underway in the UAE. The tournament kicks off on December 14 and concludes after three days of high intensity cricket action on December 17. T10 Cricket League is a unique format of the game with some unusual set of cricket rules. Albeit the tournament is not sanctioned by the ICC, there are several big names participating in the league.

The league features 6 teams – Maratha Arabians, Punjabi Legends, Bengal Tigers, Kerala Kings, Pakhtoon and Team Sri Lanka Cricket. Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag will be leading the Maratha Arabians side in the tournament. He has also been named as the icon of the tournament.

Hyderabad based Heera Group has managed to bag the title sponsorship rights. There has been a lot of speculations about the tournament. Nonetheless, the buildup for the tournament has been immense. Here is all that you need to know about the T10 Cricket League.

Squads:

Maratha Arabians

Virender Sehwag (Icon), Shaiman Anwar, Alex Hales, Lendl Simmons, Rilee Rossouw, Ross Whiteley, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Dwayne Bravo, Zahoor Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Sami, Hardus Viljoen, Wayne Parnell, Imad Wasim, Reolof van der Merwe.

Punjabi Legends

Shoaib Malik (Icon), Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Carlos Brathwaite, Fahim Ashraf, Abdul Razzaq, Ghulam Shabbir (wicketkeeper), Luke Ronchi (wicketkeeper), Shareef Asadullah, Hassan Ali, Chris Jordan, Rangana Herath, Dawlat Zadran, Adil Rashid, Usama Mir.

Bengal Tigers

Sarfraz Ahmed (Icon), Rameez Shahzad, Darren Sammy, Darren Bravo, Mohammad Nawaz, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ryan McLaren, Mohammed Naveed, Mustafizur Rahman, Rumman Raees, Hassan Khan, Anwar Ali, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher.

Kerala Kings

Eoin Morgan (Icon), Ryan ten Doeschate, Babar Hayat, Rohan Mustafa, Kieron Pollard, Shakib al Hasan, Paul Stirling, Imran Haider, Sohail Tanvir, Liam Plunkett, Wahab Riaz, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Chadwick Walton, Nicholas Pooran.

Pakhtoon

Shahid Afridi (Icon), Fakhar Zaman, Tamim Iqbal, Dwayne Smith, Ahmad Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Nabi, Liam Dawson, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, Umar Gul, Shaheen Afridi, Saqlain Haider.

Team Sri Lanka Cricket

Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Thisara Perera, Nipun Karunanayake, Angelo Perera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Alankara Asanka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dilshan Munaweera, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Angelo Jayasinghe, Wanidu Hasaranga, Kasun Madushanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Viswa Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay.

Fixtures:

December 14, 2017

Opening Ceremony

Bengal Tigers v Kerala Kings
Maratha Arabians v Pakhtoon

December 15, 2017

Bengal Tigers v Punjabi Legends
Maratha Arabians v Team Sri Lankan Cricket
Punjabi Legends v Kerala Kings
Pakhtoon v Team Sri Lankan Cricket

December 16, 2017

Team 1 (Group A) v Team 3 (Group B)
Team 3 (Group A) v Team 1 (Group B)
Team 2 (Group A) v Team 2 (Group B)

Bottom two teams of both the groups combined will play off for the 5th and 6th position.

December 17, 2017

Semi Final 1 – Team 1 Overall v Team 4 Overall

Semi Final 2 – Team 2 Overall v Team 3 Overall

Finals

Official broadcasters

The official broadcasting rights have been bagged by the Ten network in Pakistan. Ten Sports will telecast the matches in Pakistan. In India, the Sony ESPN network has bagged the rights. Channel 9 will be the one showcasing the event in Bangladesh. For the Middle East and the North Africa, the OSN has the official rights. ARY Digital Network owns the rights for the UK and the USA.