Six franchises battled it out in the auction ahead of the fifth edition of the International League T20 on Thursday, October 1. The event took place at the ICC Academy Indoors in Dubai from 1pm local time (2:30pm IST, 10am UK time). As many as 400 players went under the hammer, with some of the best T20 players across the globe registering for the auction.

Players were grouped into three different price slabs - USD 80,000, USD 40,000 and USD 10,000. The top bracket included top T20 players like Babar Azam, Phil Salt, Jonny Bairstow, Alzarri Joseph, Faf du Plessis and Naseem Shah, among a few others.

The USD 40,000 bracket included some of the young T20 cricketers, alongside the veterans in the shortest format. The likes of Jayden Seales, Shadab Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Maaz Sadaqat, Ibrahim Zadran and Chris Green are a few players who are part of this slab.

All the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia players had their base prices set at USD 10,000.

Live updated Squads after the ILT20 2026 auction

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Finn Allen, Jason Holder, Matthew Tromp, Sunil Narine, Muhammad Rohid, Alishan Sharafu, Ibrar Ahmed, Ajay Kumar, Moeen Ali, Andre Fletcher, Jakeem Pollard, Gulbadin Naib, Colin Munro, Amshi de Silva, Abdul Mannan Ali, Michael Pepper, Lorcan Tucker, Usman Tariq, Qais Ahmad, Abdullah Tarakhail, Ravija Sandaruwan

Desert Vipers

Andries Gous, Dan Lawrence, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Shimron Hetmyer, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Vriitya Aravind, Nilansh Keswani, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah, Fakhar Zaman, Aneurin Donald, David Payne, Nangeyalia Kharote, Sanjay Pahal, Harry Tector, Joe Clarke, Saleem Safi, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Shadab Khan, Bilal Tahir, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Wali Muhammad

Dubai Capitals

Marcus Stoinis, Mustafizur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rovman Powell, Zuhaib Zubair, Aayan Khan, Haider Ali, Faf du Plessis, Dasun Shanaka, Phil Salt, Max Holden, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Karim Janat, Mark Adair, Muhammad Arfan, Matthew Potts, Hassan Khan, Anudeep Chenthamara, Usman Najeeb, Tom Moores, Luke Wood, Masood ul Rahman Gurbaz

Gulf Giants

Azmatullah Omarzai, Blessing Muzarabani, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Matiullah Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Liam Livingstone, Curtis Campher, Haider Razzaq, Shamar Joseph, Imran Mir, Alzarri Joseph, David Wiese, Shubham Ranjane, Meet Bhavsar, Imtiaz Khan, Alick Athanaze, Tabraiz Shamsi, Sagar Kalyan, Awais Ahmad, Wahidullah Zadran

MI Emirates

Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford, Muhammad Waseem, Zahour Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Waseem Akram, Allah Ghazanfar, Asa Tribe, Mohammad Shafeeq, Zain ul Abidin, Chris Jordan, James Coles, Lizaad Williams, Jordon Thompson, Ross Adair, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Raizal Nadir Nather Shah, Jonny Bairstow

Sharjah Warriorz

Adam Milne, James Vince, Waqar Salamkheil, Sikandar Raza, Tanish Suri, Junaid Siddique, Ali Aamer Naseer, Adil Rashid, Mohammad Nabi, Richard Gleeson, George Linde, Paul Walter, Nabeel Aziz, George Dockrell, Brandon McMullen, Arunraj Selvaraj, Mohammad Saqib, Craig Overton, James Rew, Tom Banton, Logan van Beek, Sarafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Malik

Purse remaining for each team after the auction

Team

Purse Remaining

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

USD 451,000

Desert Vipers

USD 456,000

Dubai Capitals

USD 266,000

Gulf Giants

USD 28,000

MI Emirates

USD 0

Sharjah Warriorz

USD 280,000

Image Credit: ILT20

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