New Delhi: ILT20 has taken up the fire again today when KKR-owned Abu Dhabi Knight Riders revealed their first 14 players for the UAE ILT20 2023, with West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Sunil Narine leading the knights in ILT20.


CEO of KKR, Venky Mysore quoted today through his tweet, “It is great to see that our global footprint continues to grow in line with our vision and strategy.  KKR in IPL, TKR in CPL, and now ADKR in ILT."






The ILT20 is scheduled to begin in January next year in the UAE and is competing with South Africa's T20 League for players.


Abu Dhabi Knight Riders squad for ILT20


Sunil Narine (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies)


Andre Russell (Jamaica/West Indies)


Jonny Bairstow (England)


Paul Stirling (Ireland)


Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka)


Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka)


Colin Ingram (South Africa)


Akeal Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies)


Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka)


Ravi Rampaul (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies)


Raymon Reifer (Barbados/West Indies)


Kennar Lewis (Jamaica/West Indies)


Ali Khan (United States of America)


Brandon Glover (The Netherlands)


Local UAE players will also be added to this list.


ILT20 rule states that Nine out of eleven players on each team can be overseas players, which is significantly higher than the four or five overseas-player-limit of other major T20 leagues. Two players on each team must be a UAE player and a player from an Associate Member nation respectively.


"Firstly it's great to see that our global footprint continues to grow in line with our vision & strategy. KKR in IPL, TKR in CPL and now ADKR in the ILT20," Venky Mysore, CEO of Knight Riders, was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.


"It's also terrific that we have our mainstays - Sunil Narine and Andre Russell as part of ADKR. We are really delighted that Jonny Bairstow joins the Knight Riders family and will no doubt play a huge part in ADKR's journey in ILT20. We are also delighted that Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul, Ali Khan, Colin Ingram and Seekuge Prasanna, who have been part of Trinbago Knight Riders before, are also a part of ADKR."