New league was officially announced at the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai on Tuesday night.
Shahid Afridi, Eoin Morgan, Misbah-ul-Haq and Inzamam-ul-Haq were all present as the new league was officially announced at the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai on Tuesday night.
The first six-team, T10 league will take place at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in December.
Two of the franchises, Colombo Lions and Bangla Tigers, will be co-managed by officials from the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket boards respectively.
Inzamam, the former batting great who is Pakistan’s chief selector, is a co-owner of the Punjabi Legends, franchise.
The following teams are participating in the T10 League.
Punjabi Legends Owners: Inzamam-ul-Haq and Intizar-ul-Haq; Key player: Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakhtoons Owners: Habib Khan and Tajuddin Khan; Key player: Shahid Afridi
Maratha Arabians Owners: Sohail Khan, Ali Tumbi, Parvez Khan; Key player: Virender Sehwag
Bangla Tigers Owners: Shirajuddin Alam, Yasin Choudhary, Neelesh Bhatnager, Anis and Rizwan Sajan; Key player: TBC
Colombo Lions Owners: Sri Lanka Cricket; Key player: TBC
Kerala Kings Owners: Hussain Adam Ali and Shafi Ul Mulk; Key player: Eoin Morgan
Venue Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Format 10 overs per side, matches last for 90 minutes
The UAE seems a neat fit to trial the new format, given the emirates’ affinity with limited-overs cricket.
Sharjah has staged more one-day internationals than any other ground, while Dubai holds a similar record in the T20 format.
The organisers are hopeful that the teams will strike an immediate chord with the areas and countries - Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Peshawar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – they represent.
