MUMBAI: Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Shahid Afridi and Shakib Al Hasan are among some of the marquee players, who were drafted on Wednesday for the upcoming Global T20 Canada 2023.
The league, which returns for the first time in four seasons, will be played from July 20 to August 6 in Brampton, Ontario. It will feature six franchises playing 25 matches over the course of 18 days.
Winnipeg Hawks and Edmonton Royals, two franchises who were there in the tournament in 2019, no longer exist and are now replaced by Surrey Jaguars and Mississauga Panthers respectively.
Each squad consists of 16 players from full and ICC associate member nations. These squads include six international players including two marquee stars, four players from Associate Nations and six Canadian cricketers.
Shakib, Russell and Chris Lynn will turn up for Montreal Tigers. Harbhajan will headline for Brampton Wolves this season along with former New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme. Toronto Nationals will feature Afridi, along with New Zealand's reliable big hitter Colin Munro while Mississauga Panthers will feature Gayle and Shoaib Malik.
Surrey will have hard-hitting right-handed opener Alex Hales along with Pakistan's top-order batsman Iftikhar Ahamed while Vancouver Knights have named Pakistan's wicket-keeper batsman Mohammed Rizwan and South Africa's swashbuckling batter Rassie van der Dussen as their marquee picks for this edition. Agencies
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