ILT20 2026 auction: Follow the live updates here

That is all we have from the ILT20 2026/27 auction. The big news was that Liam Livingstone and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were acquired by Gulf Giants for USD 350,000 and USD 310,000 respectively. To add to that, Babar Azam was sold to the Desert Vipers for USD 80,000.

Chris Jordan - MI Emirates (USD 170,000)

Craig Overton - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 80,000)

James Coles - MI Emirates (USD 100,000)

Michael Pepper - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 40,000)

Tom Moores - Dubai Capitals (USD 40,000)

James Rew - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Lorcan Tucker - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Usman Tariq - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 80,000)

Alick Athanaze - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Lizaad Williams - MI Emirates (USD 110,000)

Luke Wood - Dubai Capitals (USD 40,000)

Jordon Thompson - MI Emirates (USD 40,000)

Ross Adair - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Tabraiz Shamsi - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)

Zahir Khan Pakteen - unsold

Faridoon Dawoodzai - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Qais Ahmad - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 38,000)

Fareed Malik - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 40,000)

Abdullah Tarakhail - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Tom Banton - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 80,000)

Bas de Leede - unsold

Sanjay Krishnamurthi - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Logan van Beek - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 40,000)

Masood ul Rahman Gurbaz - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

Sagar Kalyan - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Raizal Nadir Nather Shah - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Wali Muhammad - Desert Vipers (USD 10,000)

Awais Ahmad - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Ravija Sandaruwan - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Sarafuddin Ashraf - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 40,000)

Wahidullah Zadran - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Jonny Bairstow - MI Emirates (USD 80,000)

That concludes all the rounds. The franchises will now make their submissions for the accelerated rounds. They are to submit not more than 10 names per franchise.

We shall be back in 15 minutes.

Ishtiaq Ahmed - Desert Vipers (USD 12,000)

Imtiaz Khan - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Mohammad Saqib - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Mohammed Ahmed Raza - unsold

Md Shaikh Saif - unsold

Usman Najeeb - Dubai Capitals, RTM (USD 10,000)

Zain ul Abidin - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Syed Ali Abbas - unsold

Mohammed Hisham Shaikh - unsold

Abdul Mannan Ali - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Arunraj Selvaraj - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Vishwa Teja Nettem - unsold

Anudeep Chenthamara - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

Mohammad Shafeeq - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Bilal Tahir - Desert Vipers, RTM (USD 10,000)

Ali Zaheer Uddin - unsold

Usman Ghani Patel - unsold

Meet Bhavsar - Gulf Giants, RTM (USD 10,000)

Just four more sets to go, says Richard Madley...

Shadab Khan - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)

Najmul Hossain Shanto - unsold

Noor ul Rahman Akakhail - unsold

Shubham Ranjane - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Dipendra Singh Airee - unsold

Carmi le Roux - unsold

Jon Jon Smuts - unsold

Harmeet Singh Baddhan - unsold

Shadley van Schalkwyk - unsold

Tajinder Singh Dhillon - unsold

Asa Tribe - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

David Wiese - Gulf Giants (USD 70,000)

Hassan Khan - Dubai Capitals (USD 90,000)

Amshi de Silva - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 100,000)

Brandon McMullen - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 80,000)

Bas de Leede - unsold

We'll be back after a 10-minute break.

Alzarri Joseph - Gulf Giants (USD 230,000)

Abdullah Ahmadzai - Desert Vipers (USD 40,000)

Shakib al Hasan - unsold

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi - unsold

Saleem Safi - Desert Vipers (USD 10,000)

George Dockrell - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Imran Mir - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Joe Clarke - Desert Vipers (USD 40,000)

Shamar Joseph - Gulf Giants (USD 80,000)

Zaheer Khan Pakteen - unsold

Matthew Potts - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

Allah Ghazanfar - MI Emirates, RTM (USD 150,000)

Colin Munro - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 40,000)

Rassie van der Dussen - unsold

Harry Tector - Desert Vipers (USD 12,000)

Mohammad Ibrahim Masood - unsold

Wasim Akram - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)

Sanjay Pahal - Desert Vipers (USD 22,000)

Muhammad Arfan - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

Haider Rarraq - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Nabeel Aziz - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Muhammad Uzair Khan - unsold

Masood ul Rahman Gurbaz - unsold

That concludes Round 7, as auctioneer Richard Madlley announces a 10-minute break.

Gulbadin Naib - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 75,000)

Curtis Campher - Gulf Giants (USD 22,000)

Nangeyalia Kharote - Desert Vipers (USD 28,000)

George Linde - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 40,000)

Karim Janat - Dubai Capitals (USD 40,000)

Paul Walter - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 110,000)

Mark Adair - Dubai Capitals (USD 55,000)

Richard Gleeson - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 180,000)

Arab Gul - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 80,000)

David Payne - Desert Vipers (USD 150,000)

Jakeem Pollard - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Andre Fletcher - Abu Dhai Knight Riders (USD 40,000)

Max Holden - Dubai Capitals (USD 100,000)

Aneurin Donald - Desert Vipers (USD 40,000)

Darwish Rasooli - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

Sediqullah Atal - Dubai Capitals (USD 70,000)

Kusal Perera - MI Emirates (USD 40,000)

Naseem Shah - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)

Fakhar Zaman - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)

Adil Rashid - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 80,000)

Fazalhaq Farooqi - MI Emirates (USD 380,000)

Phil Salt - Dubai Capitals, (USD 80,000)

Mohammad Nabi - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 140,000)

Moeen Ali - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 80,000)

Ibrahim Zadran - Gulf Giants (USD 65,00)

Faf du Plessis - Dubai Capitals (USD 300,000)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz - Gulf Giants, RTM (USD 310,000)

Liam Livingstone - Gulf Giants (USD 350,000)

Dasun Shanaka - Dubai Capitals (USD 100,000)

Babar Azam - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)

Zahour Khan - MI Emirates (USD 30,000)

Ibrar Ahmad - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 46,000)

Ajay Kumar - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (40,000)

Nilansh Keswani - Desert Vipers (USD 10,000)

Matiullah Khan - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Junaid Siddique - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Mohammad Sohaib Khan - unsold

Dhruv Parashar - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)

Ali Aamer Naseer - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 40,000)

Muhammad Rohid - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 95,000)

Harpreet Singh Bhatia - unsold

Khuzaima Bin Tanveer - Desert Vipers, RTM (USD 75,000)

Muhammad Waseem - MI Emirates, RTM (210,000)

Alishan Sharafu - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, RTM (110,000)

Vriitya Aravind - Desert Vipers (USD 70,000)

Tanish Suri - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)

Zuhaib Zubair - Dubai Capitals (USD 26,000)

Aayan Khan - Dubai Capitals (USD 95,000)

Haider Ali - Dubai Capitals (USD 38,000)

The ILT20 for season 5 is being held in Dubai on Thursday, October 1. Up to 400 players from 23 countries will go under the hammer as teams look to build their squads for the upcoming season.

T20 superstars like Babar Azam, Faf du Plessis, Phil Salt, and Liam Livingstone, among others, have registered for the auction, while eyes will be on the exciting talent from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other associate member nations.

Each franchise has entered the auction with a purse of USD 1.3 million in addition to any remaining amount from USD 700,000 allocated for pre-signings. MI Emirates have started the auction with the largest purse at USD 1.39 million, followed by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 1.365 million), Desert Vipers and Gulf Giants (USD 1.305 million each).

Dubai Capitals and Sharjah Warriors have entered the auction with the smallest purse at USD 1.3 million each. Each team must spend at least USD 1.5 million, and their squad must comprise a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 23 players.

Squads in 2026/27 ILT20 before the auction

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Purse: USD 1.365 million)

Finn Allen – Pre-Auction Signing

Jason Holder – Pre-Auction Signing (played for ADKR as Wildcard in Season 4)

Matthew Tromp – Pre-Auction Signing

Sunil Narine – Returns to the squad

Desert Vipers (Purse: USD 1.305 million)

Andries Gous – Returns to the squad

Dan Lawrence – Returns to the squad

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman – Pre-Auction Signing (played for Dubai Capitals in Season 4)

Shimron Hetmyer – Pre-Auction Signing (played for DV as Wildcard in Season 4)

Dubai Capitals (Purse: USD 1.3 million)

Marcus Stoinis – Pre-Auction Signing

Mustafizur Rahman – Returns to the squad

Noor Ahmad – Pre-Auction Signing (played for the Vipers in Season 4)

Rovman Powell – Returns to the squad

Gulf Giants (Purse: USD 1.305 million)

Azmatullah Omarzai – Returns to the squad

Blessing Muzarabani – Returns to the squad

David Miller – Pre-Auction Signing

Heinrich Klaasen – Pre-Auction Signing

MI Emirates (Purse: USD 1.39 million)

Nicholas Pooran – Returns to the squad

Rashid Khan – Returns to the squad

Romario Shepherd – Returns to the squad

Sherfane Rutherford – Pre-Auction Signing

Sharjah Warriorz (Purse: USD 1.3 million)

Adam Milne – Pre-Auction Signing (played for the Warriorz in Season 3)

James Vince – Pre-Auction Signing

Waqar Salamkheil – Pre-Auction Signing

Sikandar Raza – Returns to the squad

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