The first ever Zim Afro T20 League will be held from July 20, with the final on July 29. The event will be held entirely in Harare, with the player’s draft taking place on Monday (July 2) from 2 pm IST.

This competition will be one of the most high-profile T10 leagues, after the Abu Dhabi T10 league, founded in 2017. Since then, a number of 10-over leagues have come up, including the Qatar T10 League and the European Cricket League, featuring 30 teams.

Zim Afro T10 League 2023: Who are the participating teams?

The league will feature five teams, representing five different cities in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The sides are Harare Hurricanes, Joburg Buffaloes, Durban Qalandars, Bulawayo Braves, and Cape Town Samp Army.

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Zim Afro T10 League: Player draft rules

Each side will need to pick at least 16 players, including six from Zimbabwe. At least one of the six from the country needs to be from the “emerging player” category. Each franchise also named their marquee players ahead of the draft on Monday. They could sign up to four overseas cricketers.

Zim Afro League marquee players

Harare Hurricanes

Eoin Morgan (England), Evin Lewis (West Indies), Shahnawaz Dahani (Pakistan), Robin Uthappa (India)

Cape Town Samp Army

Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka), Karim Janat (Afghanistan), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka)

Durban Qalandars

Asif Ali (Pakistan), Sisanda Magala (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan)

Joburg Buffaloes

Yusuf Pathan (India), Mushfiqur Rahman (Bangladesh), Tom Banton (England), Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan)

Bulawayo Braves

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Ashton Turner (Australia), Tymal Mills (England), Ben McDermott (Australia)

Zim Afro T10 league player draft 2023: Watch live streaming

The live streaming of the full draft can be seen on YouTube on the official T10 cricket channel here.