ILT20 Season 3 champions Dubai Capitals Tournament moves to December-January window to accommodate ICC T20 World Cup; Dubai Capitals to defend titleThe fourth season of the International League T20 (ILT20), one of the fastest-growing franchise T20 competitions globally and the second-most watched T20 league in the world, will commence on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, coinciding…
DUBAI: Staying true to their commitment to develop and support UAE cricket, particularly at the grassroots level, ILT20 will sponsor the Ramadan cricket tournament to be held at the ICC Academy Oval 1 and 2 in Dubai from 13 March to 3 April 2025. The 22-day tournament will feature 10 domestic teams including the Dubai…
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has dismissed claims about India having an advantage in the Champions Trophy by playing all matches in Dubai. He emphasised that Dubai is not their home venue.Former cricketers from Pakistan, Australia, and England have criticised India’s arrangement to stay in Dubai throughout the ICC tournament. They suggested this setup gives India…
Dubai Capitals were crowned champions of the ILT20 2025. (Image: Creimas) “It was nice to get the MVP but it would have been a lot nicer to get our hands on the trophy and not see Nicky P holding it” – Sikandar Raza, on the eve of ILT20 2025.Before the third edition of the ILT20…
Gulbadin Naib finished the 2025 ILT20 season with 381 runs and 11 wickets. (Creimas) How good was Gulbadin Naib in the ILT20 2025? The bare numbers first: he scored 381 runs in 12 innings, averaging 42.33 and striking at 158.8. The tally put him sixth on the season’s run-scorers’ list, but it was a tightly…
England’s Sam Curran received Red Belt for Most Valuable Player after the final of ILT20 Season 3. NEW DELHI: Dubai Capitals on Sunday emerged victorious in the ILT20 final, defeating the Desert Vipers by four wickets at the Dubai International Stadium.The champions Dubai Capitals secured USD 700,000 in prize money, while the runners-up Desert Vipers…
Dubai Capitals clinched their maiden ILT20 title with a four-wicket victory over the Desert Vipers at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The Capitals secured the championship prize of USD 700,000, while the Vipers settled for USD 300,000 after falling short in the final over of a tense chase.Despite the defeat, stand-in Vipers captain…
Dubai Capitals cricketers celebrate with the ILT20 trophy. (ILT20 photo) Dubai Capitals clinched their maiden ILT20 title in a thrilling final against Desert Vipers, securing a four-wicket victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Chasing 189, Sikandar Raza played a decisive role with a blistering 12-ball 34 not out, ensuring victory in the…
Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao NEW DELHI: Dubai Capitals‘ journey to their maiden ILT20 title in 2025 was nothing short of a dream run, and at the heart of their success were two master strategists — Venugopal Rao and Hemang Badani. The duo, working in perfect synergy as Director of Cricket and Head Coach, respectively,…
Shoaib Akhtar and Harbhajan Singh (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: The legendary India-Pakistan rivalry received a nostalgic boost as former cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar recreated their iconic 2010 Asia Cup spat in a lighthearted video that has since gone viral. The playful exchange, captured on the sidelines of ILT20 2025 — where both legends of…