The 2025 International League T20, also known as DP World ILT20 2025 for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the International League T20, a professional Twenty20 cricket league, organised by the Emirates Cricket Board in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament started on 11 January and the final was played on 9 February 2025. MI Emirates were the defending champions.
In the final, Dubai Capitals defeated Desert Vipers by 4 wickets to win their maiden title.
Background The 2025 season clashed with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and SA20.
The 2025 International League T20 was a professional T20 tournament featuring men's franchise cricket teams, organized by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament was first played in 2023. The previous edition of the tournament, held in 2024, was contested by six teams. The defending champions were MI Emirates, who had defeated Dubai Capitals in the final of the previous edition.
Squads Teams had the option of retaining players or acquiring new signings. Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Desert Vipers Dubai Capitals Gulf Giants MI Emirates Sharjah Warriorz Head coaches Dwayne Bravo James Foster Hemang Badani Andy Flower Robin Singh JP Duminy Captains Sunil Narine Lockie Ferguson David Warner James Vince Nicholas Pooran Tim Southee Players Andre Russell Joe Clarke David Willey Charith Asalanka Michael Pepper Laurie Evans Ali Khan Terrance Hinds Andries Gous Alishan Sharafu Adhitya Shetty Kyle Mayers Jason Holder Roston Chase Shahid Bhutta Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Gudakesh Motie Hassan Khan Ibrar Ahmed Phil Salt Ismat Alam Alex Hales Mohammad Amir Bas de Leede Rahmanullah Gurbaz Wanindu Hasaranga Max Holden Adam Hose Michael Jones Azam Khan Dan Lawrence Kushal Malla Ali Naseer David Payne Sherfane Rutherford Nathan Sowter Tanish Suri Luke Wood Fakhar Zaman Sam Curran Dhruv Parashar Khuzaima Tanveer Rahul Chopra Haider Ali Sam Billings Joe Burns Dushmantha Chameera Shai Hope Zahir Khan Scott Kuggeleijn Obed McCoy Jake Fraser-McGurk Brandon McMullen Gulbadin Naib Rovman Powell Akif Raja Sikandar Raza Adam Rossington Dasun Shanaka Olly Stone Jeffrey Vandersay Joe Weatherley Najibullah Zadran Farhan Khan Zeeshan Naseer Ayman Ahamed Ammar Badami Ankur Sangwan Jash Giyanai Mark Adair Rehan Ahmed Jordan Cox Tom Curran Tim David Dominic Drakes Gerhard Erasmus Shimron Hetmyer Chris Jordan Aayan Afzal Khan Adam Lyth Tymal Mills Blessing Muzarabani Jamie Overton Dipendra Singh Airee Jamie Smith Daniel Worrall Ibrahim Zadran Wahidullah Zadran Zuhaib Zubair Uzair Khan Omid Shafi Rahman Maroof Merchant Harshit Seth Fareed Ahmad Tom Banton Ben Charlesworth Thomas Draca Fazalhaq Farooqi Andre Fletcher Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Nosthush Kenjige Dan Mousley Jonny Bairstow Kieron Pollard Muhammad Rohid Khan Waqar Salamkheil Romario Shepherd Jordan Thompson Muhammad Waseem Aryan Lakra Zahoor Khan Syed Haider Simranjeet Kang Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Will Jacks Tom Kohler-Cadmore Jason Roy Johnson Charles Bhanuka Rajapaksa Avishka Fernando Virandeep Singh Ethan D'Souza Dilshan Madushanka Adam Milne Junaid Siddique Adil Rashid Ashton Agar Muhammad Jawadullah Traveen Mathew Daniel Sams Luke Wells Keemo Paul Harmeet Singh Karim Janat Rohan Mustafa Matthew Wade Tim Seifert Adam Zampa Moeen Ali
Venues
United Arab Emirates Dubai Sharjah Abu Dhabi Dubai International Cricket Stadium Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 20,000
Teams and standings Points table
Match summary
League stage
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics +Most runsRunsPlayerTeam527 Shai HopeDubai Capitals493 Tom BantonMI Emirates405 Alex HalesDesert Vipers388 Tom Kohler-CadmoreSharjah Warriorz387 Sam CurranDesert Vipers Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Most wicketsWicketsPlayerTeam21 Fazalhaq Farooqi MI Emirates17 Jason HolderAbu Dhabi Knight Riders16 Blessing MuzarabaniGulf Giants16 Alzarri JosephMI Emirates 14 Mohammad AmirDesert Vipers14 Adam Milne Sharjah Warriorz Source: ESPNcricinfo
+End of season awards Award Winner TeamMost Valuable Player Sam CurranDesert VipersBest UAE playerMuhammad WaseemMI Emirates
Broadcasting The league was broadcast live on the following channels: +CountryTVRadioInternetAfghanistanAriana TVIndiaZee NetworkFanCode, Zee5NepalStyx SportsPakistanTAPMADSri LankaSupreme TVDialog ViU AppCaribbeanRush SportsMiddle East and North AfricaAbu Dhabi Sports TV Dubai Sports TVTalk FM Radio 100.3YouTubeRest of the worldYouTube
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo