New Delhi, Aug 16 : Knight Riders on Tuesday announced the initial 14 players of their Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) squad for the UAE’s International League T20 (ILT20).According to the information here when the announcement was made, Venky Mysore, CEO stated: “Firstly it’s great to observe the global reach of our company continues to expand in accordance with our vision and strategy.KKR in IPL, TKR in CPL and now ADKR in the ILT20.”
“It’s great that we’ve got our two mainstays, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell as part of ADKR.We are thrilled that Jonny Bairstow is joining the Knight Riders family and will certainly play a major role in ADKR’s development in ILT20.We are also thrilled to see that Akeal Hosein Ravi Rampaul, Ali Khan, Colin Ingram and Seekuge Prasanna who were in the Trinbago Knight Riders before, are now part of Trinbago Knight Riders before they are now member of ADKR.”
“A big warm welcome to Paul Stirling, Charith Asalanka, Kennar Lewis, Lahiru Kumara, Raymon Reifer and Brandon Glover to the Knight Riders family.The ILT20 promises to be an exciting event and we’re looking forward to highly competitive games and lots of entertainment”.
ADKR Squad 2023 for ILT20:Sunil Narine (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies), Andre Russell (Jamaica/West Indies), Jonny Bairstow (England), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka), Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Akeal Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies), Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka), Ravi Rampaul (Trinidad & Tobago/West Indies), Raymon Reifer (Barbados/West Indies), Kennar Lewis (Jamaica/West Indies), Ali Khan (United States of America), Brandon Glover (The Netherlands).
(Local UAE players will be included in the draft)
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