‘MI Emirates’ announces players for the inaugural edition of UAE’s International League T20

Mumbai: MI Emirates, today announced its team ahead of the inaugural edition of UAE’s International League T20. The squad will be based in Abu Dhabi, and includes a mix of current and past MI players, and new players who join the #OneFamily. Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran and Trent Boult are set to join the MI Emirates ahead of the inaugural edition and will adorn MI’s iconic blue and gold amongst the others.

Mr. Akash M Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio, said, “I am delighted with our dynamic group of 14 players that will be part of our #Onefamily and represent ‘MI Emirates’. We are glad to have one of our key pillars, Kieron Pollard continue with MI Emirates. Joining us back are Dwayne Bravo, Trent Boult, and Nicholas Pooran. A very warm welcome to all players of MI Emirates. MI is known to strike a balance between experience and investing in young talent to unlock their true potential which will help us play the MI way. This is what fans expect from us and will drive the MI ethos forward.”

The players have been signed as per the league guidelines and the local players from UAE will be added to the squad in the near future.

Sr. No.  Player Name  Nationality
Kieron Pollard  West Indies
Dwayne Bravo  West Indies
Nicholas Pooran  West Indies
Trent Boult  New Zealand
Andre Fletcher  West Indies
Imran Tahir  South Africa
Samit Patel  England
Will Smeed  England 
Jordan Thompson  England
10  Najibullah Zadran  Afghanistan 
11  Zahir Khan  Afghanistan 
12  Fazalhaq Farooqui  Afghanistan
13  Bradley Wheal  Scotland
14  Bas De Leede  Netherlands 

Earlier this week, MI announced the name and identity of ‘MI Emirates’ or phonetically “MY Emirates”, a team dedicated to the fans across the Emirates geographies.

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