{"id":604022,"date":"2026-04-13T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:00:08","slug":"ilt20-season-5-to-run-from-november-22-to-december-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604022\/","title":{"rendered":"ILT20 Season 5 to run from November 22 to December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth season of the UAE’s ILT20 league will begin on November 22 this year and run till December 20, featuring the usual 34 matches – 30 matches in the league stage and the four playoffs – at the three primary cricket centres in the region: Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The final will be played in Dubai, as has been the case in the four previous seasons.<\/p>\n

The window for the ILT20<\/a> had been switched prior to the last season, when it was played in December-January instead of January-February – it’s even earlier this season – to avoid overlaps with the many other leagues that take place around the same time, including the SA20, which is scheduled to begin after January 10 next year.<\/p>\n

“We are delighted with Season 4’s success,” David White, the ILT20 chief executive said in a statement on Monday. “The broadcast numbers, spectators’ interest and participation of the biggest T20 stars made the tournament a massive success as the quality of the league grew further.<\/p>\n

“The DP World ILT20 continues to make massive strides and our strategic partnerships with Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation and Kuwait Cricket are already making a big impact. This year, these partnerships will be consolidated further through our development tournaments, which will be played in both countries prior to Season 5.”<\/p>\n

Like ahead of the fourth season, there will be an auction for the six teams – defending champions Desert Vipers<\/a>, Gulf Giants, MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, Sharjah Warriorz and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders – to finalise their squads ahead of the upcoming season. “We are already gearing up for this year’s auction,” White said.<\/p>\n

Apart from Desert Vipers, Gulf Giants, MI Emirates and Dubai Capitals are past winners of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fifth season of the UAE’s ILT20 league will begin on November 22 this year and run till…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-604022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}