UAE ILT20 Live Streaming Details: When and where to watch International League T20 2023 LIVE on TV in India, Squads, Dates, Timings and Venues

Entering the crowdy but flourishing T20 market with hopes of quick fame and profitability is the International League T20 (ILT20). The tournament is a first-of-its-kind UAE-based event that focuses more on star power than homegrown talent. It features six teams taking part in an IPL-style T20 carnival, with teams facing each other twice before the playoffs. 

Four of the six teams participating in ILT20 are those who own a franchise in the IPL. These teams – Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Dubai Capitals, MI Emirates and Sharjah Warriors – will also lock horns with Desert Vipers and Gulf Giants to make up a 34-game festive event, with each team allowed to field a whopping 9 non-UAE based cricketers in their starting XIs. 

The idea is obviously to attract a wider global audience towards the competition and to subsequently maximise the tournament earnings to make it as sustainable and financially fruitful for the six franchises and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) as possible. 

Over the years, the UAE has been home to quite a few leagues that have attracted more scrutiny than praise. The ILT20 is slated to be different than those, as it is backed by IPL’s billion-dollar corporate giants and features some of the world’s leading international cricketers. 

ILT20 2023: ILT20 schedule, Dates, Venues and Timings

Where to watch ILT20 2023 Live on TV

Zee Network will be providing the live telecast of the competition in India. Fans based in other countries can tune into respective channels specified below: 

Pakistan: Geo Sports/A Sports 

Sri Lanka: Sony Six

UK: Sky Sports Cricket 

USA: Willow TV 

NZ: Sky Sports NZ

South Africa: SuperSport 

Australia: Fox Sports 

Caribbean: Flow Sports 

ILT20 Live Streaming details

The tournament will be streamed live across India on Zee’s digital application ‘Zee5‘. 

ILT20: Complete Squad Lists

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Jonny Bairstow, Paul Stirling, Lahiru Kumara, Charith Asalanka, Colin Ingram, Akeal Hosein, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ravi Rampaul, Raymond Reifer, Kennar Lewis, Ali Khan, Brandon Glover 

Dubai Capitals: Rovman Powell, Dushmantha Chameera, Hazratullah Zazai, Fabian Allen, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sikandar Raza, Niroshan Dickwella, Dasun Shanaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dan Lawrence, Blessing Muzarabani, Isuru Udana, George Munsey, Fred Klaassen

MI Emirates: Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult, Andre Fletcher, Imran Tahir, Samit Patel, Will Smeed, Jordan Thompson, Najibullah Zadran, Zahir Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Brad Wheal, Bas de Leede 

Sharjah Warriors: Evin Lewis, Dawid Malan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Chris Benjamin, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, JJ Smit, Mark Deyal, Noor Ahmad, Danny Briggs, Naveen-ul-Haq, Bilal Khan

Gulf Giants: Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Jordan, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Dominic Drakes, David Wiese, Jamie Overton, Richard Gleeson, Rehan Ahmed, Wayne Madsen, Liam Dawson, James Vince, Qais Ahmad, Ollie Pope

Desert Vipers: Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Benny Howell, Colin Munro, Ruben Trumpelmann, Sam Billings, Sandeep Lamichhane, Saqib Mahmood, Sheldon Cottrell, Sherfane Rutherford, Tom Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga