Babar, Salt and Gurbaz among 400+ players for ILT20 auction

ILT20 Season 5 Player Auction – Key Facts

• Date & Venue

  • 1 Oct 2024, ICC Academy Indoors, Dubai

• Players & Countries

  • 200 players from 23 nations (11 Full Members + Kuwait & Saudi Arabia)
  • 17 Pakistani players: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Usman Tariq, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Hassan Nawaz, Muhammad Nawaz, Saim Ayub, Khushdil Shah, Maaz Sadaqat, Sahibzada Farhan, etc.
  • Only one Indian (Murugan Ashwin) – current players barred from overseas leagues

• Auction Structure

  • Base price slabs: USD 80k, 40k, 10k
  • Top‑tier players (USD 80k): Babar Azam, Phil Salt, Tom Banton, David Willey, Fakhar Zaman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Usman Tariq, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Alzarri Joseph, Wanindu Hasaranga, Faf du Plessis, Taskin Ahmed, Alex Hales, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Chris Woakes, Dasun Shanaka

• Other Notable Entrants

  • Jayden Seales, Ibrahim Zadran, Shadab Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Avishka Fernando, Hassan Nawaz, Shoriful Islam, Maaz Sadaqat, Kusal Perera, Gulbadin Naib, Chris Green, Andre Fletcher, Hunain Shah

• Franchise Budgets

  Franchise	Pre‑Auction Signings	Auction Purse	Total
  MI Emirates	700k	1.39M	2.09M
  Abu Dhabi Knight Riders	700k	1.365M	2.065M
  Desert Vipers	700k	1.305M	1.995M
  Gulf Giants	700k	1.305M	1.995M
  Dubai Capitals	700k	1.3M	1.999M
  Sharjah Warriorz	700k	1.3M	1.999M

• Rules & Restrictions

  • Each franchise may use one Right‑to‑Match (RTM) on a UAE player who played for them in Season 4 or the recent ILT20 Development Tournament.
  • Squad size: 18–23 players.
  • Minimum composition:
    • 11 players from ICC Full Member countries (≥4 from Afghanistan, ≥1 from Ireland)
    • 4 players from UAE
    • 1 player from Kuwait
    • 1 player from Saudi Arabia
    • ≥1 player from other ICC Associate nations (excluding UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia)

• Season Schedule

  • UAE tournament: 22 Nov – 20 Dec 2024