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2025 International League T20
Dates11 January – 9 February 2025
Administrator(s)Emirates Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and Playoffs
Host(s)United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Participants6
Matches34
Official websitewww.ilt20.ae
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The 2025 International League T20 (also known as DP World International League T20 2025 or DP World ILT20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the third season of the International League T20, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United Arab Emirates, organised by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament will be played from 11 January 2025 and the final will be held on 9 February 2025. MI Emirates are the defending champions.

Background

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The 2025 season will clash with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and SA20.[1]

The 2025 International League T20 is a professional T20 tournament held between men's franchise cricket teams, organized by the Emirates Cricket Board. The tournament, first played in 2023, has quickly gained popularity. The last tournament, held in 2024, was contested by six teams. The defending champions were MI Emirates, who defeated Dubai Capitals in the final of the previous edition.

Squads

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Teams had the option of retaining players or acquiring new signings.[2][3]

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Desert Vipers Dubai Capitals Gulf Giants MI Emirates Sharjah Warriors
Last year Performance
4th position
(Group Stage- 3rd)
 5th position
(Group Stage)
 Runner-up
(Group Stage- 4th)
 3rd position
(Group Stage- 2nd)
 Champions
(Group Stage- 1st)
 6th position
(Group Stage)
Head Coaches
Captains
Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine England Alex Hales Australia David Warner England James Vince Cricket West Indies Nicholas Pooran New Zealand Tim Southee
Players

Venues

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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

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Points table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Qualifier 1
2 Desert Vipers 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Dubai Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Eliminator
4 Gulf Giants 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 MI Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Sharjah Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]

League progression

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Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

Team League stage Play-offs Pos.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1 E Q2 F
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR)
Desert Vipers (DV)
Dubai Capitals (DC)
Gulf Giants (GG)
MI Emirates (MIE)
Sharjah Warriors (SW)
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost N/R

League stage

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Play-offs

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Qualifier 1Qualifier 2Final
5 February 20259 February 2025
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed team7 February 2025Q2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
EliminatorEWWinner of Eliminator
6 February 2025
33rd placed team
44th placed team
Qualifier 1
5 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team
Eliminator
6 February 2025
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team
Qualifier 2
7 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Eliminator
Final
9 February 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Qualifier 2

References

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  1. ^ "ILT20 2025 to start and end in Dubai amid clash with SA20, BBL and BPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Ferguson, Fakhar, Hope, Shepherd among new signings for ILT20 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  3. ^ "ILT20 Season 3: Russell, Narine, Warner, Pooran among top retentions". ESPNcricinfo. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. ^ "ILT20 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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