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Cricket team in UAE's ILT20
The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR ) is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the International League T20 , a Men's Twenty20 franchise-based cricket league hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board .[2] Knight Riders Group , a sporting subsidiary alliance between the Red Chillies Entertainment and the Mehta Group . [3] Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi .
Franchise history [ edit ] In August 2022, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced the establishment of the International League T20 , a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of United Arab Emirates , including Abu Dhabi , were put up on auction in UAE in September 2022. The Abu Dhabi franchise was purchased & revealed by Kolkata Knight Riders , part of Knight Riders Franchise . The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023, through their social media handles.
Home ground [ edit ] The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi (with the two ends of the crease called the North End and the Pavilion End) is serving as the home ground of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. It is operated by the Emirates Cricket Board and is the third-oldest cricket stadium in the country . It is also the second-largest stadium in the United Arab Emirates in terms of crowd capacity with the stadium having over 20,000 seats. In 2021, The stadium hosted some matches of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the tournament was shifted to UAE after the original hosts India were unable to host the tournament due to the outbreak of second-wave of COVID-19 among the whole country. The stadium also served as the home ground for the Kolkata Knight Riders during the 2020 and 2021 editions respectively.
Captains [ edit ]
Player[a]
Tenure
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
Win%
Best Result
Sunil Narine
2023-Present
20
5
14
-
1
26.32
4/8 (2024)
Andre Russell
2024-2024
1
1
-
-
-
100.00
Stand-In
Last Updated: 13 February 2024 [4]
Statistics [ edit ] Season summary [ edit ]
Season
League standing
Final standing
2023
6th out of 6
League Stage
2024
3rd out of 6
Playoffs
Last Updated: 13 February 2024
Overall results [ edit ]
Year
Played
Wins
Losses
Tied
NR
Win %
Position
2023
10
1
8
-
1
11.11
6/6
2024
11
5
6
-
-
45.45
4/6
Last Updated: 13 February 2024
Result summary [ edit ] Most runs [ edit ] Most wickets [ edit ] Current squad [ edit ] Administration and support staff [ edit ]
Position
Name
CEO and Managing Director
Venky Mysore
Team manager
Wayne Bentley
Head coach
Bharat Arun
Assistant coach
Ryan ten Doeschate
Analyst
AR Srikkanth
Physio
Prasanth Panchada
Bowling coach
Ravi Rampaul
Throw down specialist
Saurabh Ambatkar
Strength and conditioning coach
Sagar M.
Knight Riders franchise [ edit ] Knight Riders Franchise also include the following teams in various T-20 format league and championship:-
^ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo . This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.
References [ edit ]
Seasons Finals Participating teams Home grounds General Information
Sunil Narine[1]
Bharathi Arun
X 2 (2012, 2014)
Michael Pepper
Lahiru Kumara
Imad Wasim
United Arab Emirates
United States
Scotland
Ireland