Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell are the new additions in the T10 League. The number of franchises have increased and there will be eight teams who will battle it out in the tournament. The franchises gathered in Dubai on Monday for a mini-draft and picked the players. The teams will now meet on September 2 for the main draft.
Apart from Rashid and Russell, Chris Lynn and Brendon McCullum are also the new additions to the league. Rashid will play for Maratha Arabians while McCullum will be donning Rajputs’ jersey along with Lynn. Pakhtoons have retained former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi as their icon player while Eoin Morgan and Shoaib Malik have renewed their contracts with Kerala Kings and Punjabi Legends respectively.
Northern Warriors will have the services of three West Indies players, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell and Dwayne Smith while fast bowlers Jofra Archer is a part of Karachians. T10 teams after the mini draft
Maratha Arabians: Rashid Khan (icon), James Faulkner, Alex Hales, Dwayne Bravo, Kamran Akmal
Pakhtoons: Shahid Afridi (icon), Colin Ingram, David Willey, Mohammad Irfan, Liam Dawson
Bengal Tigers: Sunil Narine (icon), Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Asif Ali, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Punjabi Legends: Shoaib Malik (icon), Evin Lewis, Chris Jordan, Luke Ronchi, Liam Plunkett
Kerala Kings: Eoin Morgan (icon), Kieron Pollard, Sohail Tanvir, Paul Stirling, Dasun Shanaka
Rajputs: Brendon McCullum (icon), Mohammad Hafeez, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Shahzad
Northern Warriors: Darren Sammy (icon), Andre Russell, Dwayne Smith, Wahab Riaz, Nicholas Pooran
Karachians: Shane Watson (icon), Jofra Archer, Anton Devcich, Colin de Grandhomme, Ben Laughlin
