The third edition of the ILT20 gets underway in Dubai on January 11, with Dubai Capitals taking on MI Emirates in a repeat of last season’s final. MI had edged past DC by 45 runs, defending 208 runs with ease. Nicholas Pooran had top-scored with an unbeaten 57 in 27 balls with the help of six sixes, while Andre Fletcher also made 53 in 37. Trent Boult and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth had picked up two wickets each for the MI Emirates, helping them to their first title.

Gulf Giants had won the first edition of the league, beating Deserty Vipers by seven wickets in the final.

The upcoming edition will see six teams battle it out over 30 league games, with each side playing the other twice. The top four will then qualify for the Qualifiers, to be held between February 5 and February 9.

Abu Dhabi will co-host the matches along with Dubai, the latter also being the venue for India’s games in the Champions Trophy that begins ten days after the culmination of the ILT20.

Several big names have signed up for the edition, including Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, David Warner, Rehan Ahmed, Pooran and Adil Rashid. The tournament will, once again, coincide with South Africa’s T20 tournament, the SA20, which begins on January 9 with the final on February 8.

The ILT20 will be presented by several big names, including having Ian Smith and Ian Bishop as the commentators.

ILT20 2025: Full list of commentators

Ian Smith, Ian Bishop, Simon Doull, Virender Sehwag, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Harbhajan Singh, Niall O’Brien, Alan Wilkins, Anjum Chopra, Saba Karim, Rohan Gavaskar, Nikhil Chopra, Daren Ganga, Urooj Mumtaz, Vivek Razdan, Reema Malhotra, and Ajay Mehra.

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