The owner of the Manchester United football team in the English Premier League, “Lancer Capital” announced the desert vipers squad and the coaching panel for the DP World ILT20 2023. The team lineup has 20 players (16 International and 4 UAE local Players) for the inaugural edition of the UAE T20 league.
The Desert Vipers team is full of experienced and young players, including most English players. The squad is more powerful by adding the UAE players recently, and they now have a combination of players for the T20 format tournament.
The Complete lineup of Desert Vipers for the DP World ILT20 2023
Below are all the International and UAE local players signed up for the Desert Vipers for the first edition of the UAE International League 2023. The young players have a great opportunity to share the net sessions and play with great players and all-rounders like Hasaranga, Alex Hales, etc.
Desert Vipers Player Name | Player Role | Region |
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Colin Munro | Captain/Batsman | New Zealand |
Sheldon Cottrell | Bowler | West Indies |
Tom Curran | Bowler | England |
Alex Hales | Batsman | England |
Wanindu Hasaranga | Bowling all-rounder | Sri Lanka |
Benny Howell | Batsman all-rounder | England |
Tymal Mills | Bowler | England |
Sherfane Rutherford | Batsman | West Indies |
Ruben Trumpelmann | Bowler | Namibia |
Sam Billings | Wicket-keeper Batsman | England |
Rohan Mustafa | Batsman all-rounder | UAE |
Sheraz Ahmad | Bowler | UAE |
Ali Naseer | All-rounder | UAE |
Ronak Panoly | All-rounder | UAE |
Mark Watt | Bowler | Scotland |
Matheesha Pathirana | Bowler | Srilanka |
Dinish Chandimal | Wicket-keeper Batsman | Srilanka |
Gus Atkinson | Bowler | England |
Jake Lintott | Bowler | England |
They also announced the coaching staff where “Tom Moody signed up as the director of cricket and James Foster as a head coach for the Desert Vipers team.” They said that we are honored to lead the Desert Vipers franchise and have popular players in the squad. We will play quality cricket in the upcoming UAE ILT20 tournament 2023.
Conclusion
The Desert Vipers franchise announced their complete squad, including the foreign and local players for the first season of ILT20 2023. The tournament will start on Jan 13, 2023, and they will play their first match on 15th January vs Sharjah Warriors. Along with DV squad, the Gulf Giants and Dubai Capitals also announced their players for the first season of the UAE ILT20 2023 tournament.