ILT20 2026 auction, live updates: Ashwin goes unsold; Andre Fletcher fetches highest bid

ILT20 2026 auction: All you need to know

When: October 1, 2025
Where: Four Seasons Hotel, Jumeirah, Dubai
Number of teams: 6
Numbers of players: Close to 300
Min. spend: USD 1.5 million

Who were the top players?

The eyeballs were on R Ashwin, now retired from internationals, who set himself at the highest base price available. Aside from him, the big names included Evin Lewis, Jason Roy, Naveen-ul-Haq, Andre Fletcher, Liam Dawson, Mohammad Nabi, Jayden Seales, Shamar Joseph and Craig Overton. Ashwin failed to get a bid in the auction after confirming that he would not take part in the SA20 auction, preferring the ILT20 instead. He is likely to play the full season in the Big Bash League now, where he has been signed up by the Sydney Thunder.

Which players had been retained?

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Alishan Sharafu, Charith Asalanka, Phil Salt and Sunil Narine
Sharjah Warriorz: Johnson Charles, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Tim Southee
MI Emirates: Allah Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kusal Perera, Romario Shepherd, Tom Banton and Muhammad Waseem
Desert Vipers: Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Lockie Ferguson, Max Holden, Sam Curran and Wanindu Hasaranga
Dubai Capitals: Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Gulbadin Naib, Rovman Powell and Shai Hope
Gulf Giants: Aayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Muzarabani, Gerhard Erasmus, Mark Adair and James Vince

Which players had been pre-signed?

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Alex Hales, Liam Livingstone, Sherfane Rutherford
Sharjah Warriorz: Sikandar Raza, Maheesh Theekshana, Saurabh Netravalkar, Tim David, Dinesh Karthik (in for Kusal Mendis)
MI Emirates: Chris Woakes, Kamindu Mendis
Gulf Giants: Azmatullah Omarzai,Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali
Desert Vipers: Andries Gous
Dubai Capitals: Luke Wood, Waqar Salamkheil and Muhammad Jawadullah

Who were picked as wildcards?

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Jason Holder, Usman Tariq
Sharjah Warriorz: Tom Abell, Adil Rashid
Gulf Giants: Kyle Mayers, Matthew Forde
Desert Vipers: Shimron Hetmyer
Dubai Capitals: David Willey, Leus de Plooy

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That's it from the ILT20 auction from this year. The big news is that Ashwin goes unsold, after his name was not called in the accelerated last round.

Final round buys:

Ethan D'Souza (SW), USD 10,000
Matiullah Khan (DV), USD 10,000
Zahoor Khan (MIE), USD 10,000
Naveen Bidaisee (DC), USD 10,000
Toby Albert (DC), USD 10,000
Shakib Al Hasan (MIE), USD 40,000
Taskin Ahmed (SW), USD 80,000
Tawanda Muyeye (DV), USD 40,000
Mayank (ADKR), USD 10,000
Akshay Wakhare (DC), USD 10,000
Khary Pierre (ADKR), USD 10,000
Faridoon Dawoodzai (DV), USD 10,000
Shadley Schalkwyk (ADKR), USD 10,000
Unmukt Chand (ADKR), USD 40,000
Abdul Salam Khan (SW), USD 10,000

It was supposed to be a 10-minute break, but we're yet to get underway after almost 45 minutes of waiting...

R Ashwin is still unsold, but there is another round...

Remaining budget

ADKR: USD 613,000
DC: USD 555,000
GG: 529,000
DV: 442,500
SW: 436,000
MIE: 182,000

There is a final round left, announces Richard Madley.

Accelerated round

Rushil Ugarkar - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)
Shubham Ranjane - Sharjah Warriors (USD 10,000)
Shayan Jahangir - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)
Tajinder Dhillon - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)
Tom Bruce - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)
Arab Gul - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)
Ramon Simmonds - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)
Richard Ngarava - Sharjah Warriors (USD 10,000)
Tom Moores - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)
Akeem Auguste - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)
Lorcan Tucker - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)
Hasan Nawaz - Desert Vipers (USD 40,000)
Chris Wood - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)
Raees Ahmed - Sharjah Warriors (USD 10,000)
Usman Khan - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)
Ritesh Grandhi - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)

No takers for Ravi Bopara, Vishnu Sukumar, Kamran Atta, Muhammad Mohsin, Fareed Malik, Jewel Andrew, Odean Smith, James Fuller, James Coles, George Scrimshaw, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Sid Kaul, Ankit Rajpoot, Marchant de Lange, JJ Smit, Paul van Meekeren, Kaleem Sana

Adnan Idrees becomes the first Kuwaiti player to get an ILT20 bid, while Faisal Khan became the first from Saudi Arabia.

• Sagar Kalyan - Unsold
• Jonathan Figy - Unsold
• Luqman Faisal - Unsold
• Farhan Khan - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)
• Haider Razzaq - Gulf Giants (USD 50,000)
• Muhammad Irfan - Unsold
• Ahmed Tariq - Unsold
• Sanjay Pahal - Desert Vipers (USD 10,000)
• Usaid Amin - Unsold
• Ibrar Ahmad - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 22,000) - RTM from Sharjah Warriorz

• Noshthush Kenjige - MI Emirates (USD 10,000)
• Roelof van der Merwe - Unsold
• Harmeet Singh - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)
• Logan van Beek - Unsold
• Ali Khan - Unsold
• Fred Klaassen - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)

Here's what the auction looks like after 10 rounds:

*All prices in USD

Round 10 results:

• Fabian Allen - Unsold
• Liam Dawson - Gulf Giants (USD 170,000)
• Ben Charlesworth - Unsold
• Paul Walter - Unsold
• Imad Wasim - Unsold
• Mohammad Nabi - Dubai Capitals (USD 80,000)
• Mohammad Nawaz - Unsold

Round 9 results:

• Shamar Joseph - Unsold
• Tabraiz Shamsi - Gulf Giants (USD 40,000)
• Naseem Shah - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)
• Sam Cook - Unsold
• Usman Tariq - Unsold
• Jayden Seales - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 80,000)
• Qais Ahmad - Desert Vipers (USD 40,000)
• Taskin Ahmed - Unsold

Round 8 results:

• Shakib Al Hasan - Unsold
• Ethan Brookes - Unsold
• Scott Currie - Dubai Capitals (USD 250,000)
• Saim Ayub - Unsold
• Dwaine Pretorius - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 120,000)
• George Garton - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 10,000)

Round 7 results:

• Mohammad Haris - Unsold
• Ibrahim Zadran - Unsold
• Sean Dickson - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000)
• Toby Albert - Unsold
• Andre Fletcher - MI Emirates (USD 260,000)
• Michael Pepper - Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (USD 40,000)
• Tawanda Muyeye - Unsold

Round 6 results:

• Obed McCoy - Unsold
• Tymal Mills - Dubai Capitals (USD 80,000)
• James Anderson - Unsold
• Josh Little - Unsold
• Nathan Sowter - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 100,000)
• Naveen-ul-Haq - MI Emirates (USD 100,000)
• Mohammad Amir - Unsold

Round 5 results:

• Jordan Thompson - MI Emirates (USD 48,000)
• Saif Zaib - Unsold
• R Ashwin - Unsold
• Sharafuddin Ashraf - Unsold
• Naveen Bidaisee - Unsold
• Jordan Clark - Unsold
• Dan Mousley - Unsold

Round 4 results:

• Hazratullah Zazai - Unsold
• Sam Hain - Unsold
• Fakhar Zaman - Desert Vipers (USD 80,000)
• James Rew - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 10,000)
• Jason Roy - Unsold
• Temba Bavuma - Unsold
• Harry Tector - Unsold

Round 3 results:

• Aryan Lakra - Unsold
• Muhammad Saghir Khan - Unsold
• Dhruv Parashar - Unsold
• Sanchit Sharma - Unsold
• Nilansh Keswani - Unsold
• Rahul Chopra - Unsold

Round 2 results:

• Muhammad Rohid - MI Emirates (USD 140,000) - RTM from Sharjah Warriorz
• Simranjeet Singh - Unsold
• Matiullah Khan - Unsold
• Zuhaib Zubair - Gulf Giants (USD 10,000) - RTM from Dubai Capitals
• Muhammad Farooq - Dubai Capitals (USD 10,000)
• Zahoor Khan - Unsold
• Junaid Siddique - Sharjah Warriorz (USD 170,000) - RTM from Gulf Giants

Round 1 results:

• Tanish Suri - Unsold
• Ethan D'Souza - Unsold
• Vriitya Aravind - Desert Vipers (USD 10,000)
• Rohan Mustafa - Unsold
• Basil Hameed - Unsold
• Asif Khan - Gulf Giants (USD 26,000)

Wasim Akram and Rohan Gavaskar are discussing auction strategies ahead of the first set.

How do the squads work?

Each squads needs a minimum of 19 and up to a maximum of 21 players. The split is as follows: a minimum of 11 from Full Member nations, four from the UAE, including one U23 UAE Player, one from Kuwait, one from Saudi Arabia, and two from other ICC Associate Nations. Aside from that, two further Wildcard signings are permitted outside the auction.