The 2026 International League T20, also known as DP World ILT20 Season 5, for sponsorship reasons, will be the fifth season of the International League T20, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 22 November to 20 December 2026.
The Desert Vipers are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season by defeating MI Emirates in the final.
Background On 13 April 2026, the Emirates Cricket Board confirmed the window for the fifth season. To avoid overlapping with other global T20 leagues like the SA20, the tournament was moved forward to a November–December window, continuing the trend of shifting away from the original January–February slot used in the first three editions.
The player auction was held in Jumeirah, Dubai on 1 October 2026.
Teams The tournament features the same six franchises from the previous editions.
Team Captain Head coach Abu Dhabi Knight RidersJason Holder Dwayne Bravo Desert Vipers Babar Azam James Foster Dubai Capitals Faf du Plessis Hemang Badani Gulf Giants Jos Buttler Simon Helmot MI Emirates Nicholas Pooran Mark Boucher Sharjah Warriorz James Vince Adrian Birrell
Squads
Retained players were announced on 11 August 2026. The player auction took place on 1 October 2026.
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Desert Vipers Dubai Capitals Gulf Giants MI Emirates Sharjah Warriorz Jason Holder (c) Finn Allen Kane Williamson Sunil Narine Moeen Ali Andre Fletcher Colin Munro Qais Ahmad Lorcan Tucker Usman Tariq Michael Pepper Matthew Tromp Gulbadin Naib Amshi de Silva Jakeem Pollard Muhammad Rohid Alishan Sharafu Arab Gul Abdullah Tarakhail Ravija Sandaruwan Babar Azam (c) Joe Clarke Andries Gous Shimron Hetmyer Harry Tector Dan Lawrence Mujeeb Ur Rahman Shadab Khan Naseem Shah Fakhar Zaman David Payne Aneurin Donald Khuzaima Tanveer Vriitya Aravind Nilansh Keswani Nangeyalia Kharote Saleem Safi Abdullah Ahmadzai Bilal Tahir Sanjay Pahal Wali Muhammad Ishtiaq Ahmed Faf du Plessis (c) Phil Salt Marcus Stoinis Dasun Shanaka Rovman Powell Max Holden Tom Moores Luke Wood Matthew Potts Mark Adair Mustafizur Rahman Noor Ahmad Darwish Rasooli Sediqullah Atal Karim Janat Hassan Khan Zuhaib Zubair Aayan Afzal Khan Haider Ali Masood ul Rahman Gurbaz Anudeep Chenthamara Usman Najeeb Jos Buttler (c) David Miller Heinrich Klaasen Liam Livingstone Curtis Campher Rahmanullah Gurbaz Ibrahim Zadran Azmatullah Omarzai David Wiese Alzarri Joseph Shamar Joseph Tabraiz Shamsi Blessing Muzarabani Matiullah Khan Dhruv Parashar Imran Mir Shubham Ranjane Meet Bhavsar Haider Rarraq Alick Athanaze Sagar Kalyan Awais Ahmad Wahidullah Zadran Nicholas Pooran (c) Jonny Bairstow James Coles Rashid Khan Romario Shepherd Sherfane Rutherford Muhammad Waseem Jordon Thompson Ross Adair Kusal Perera Asa Tribe Chris Jordan Lizaad Williams Fazalhaq Farooqi Allah Ghazanfar Zahoor Khan Wasim Akram Faridoon Dawoodzai Sanjay Krishnamurthi Raizal Nadir Nather Shah Zain ul Abidin Mohammad Shafeeq James Vince (c) Tom Banton Adam Milne Logan van Beek George Dockrell Richard Gleeson George Linde Brandon McMullen Mohammad Nabi Craig Overton Sikandar Raza Adil Rashid James Rew Paul Walter Fareed Malik Waqar Salamkheil Tanish Suri Junaid Siddique Ali Aamer Naseer Sarafuddin Ashraf Arunraj Selvaraj Mohammad Saqib Sources:
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
Standings Points table
Match summary
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 7 October 2026.
Playoffs Bracket
Final
References
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