UAE cricketers set for ILT20 earnings hit as USA’s Milind Kumar extends ODI world record
Leading UAE players are set to have their ILT20 windfalls snatched away as a scheduling clash is now almost inevitable. Twenty-seven domestic players landed deals for a combined total of over a million dollars when the ILT20 auction took place last week. Six of those were watching on from the other side of the world as part of the UAE squad that had just touched down in the United States. The…
UAE cricketers face the prospect of losing out on earnings from the ILT20 tournament due to a scheduling clash with their national team's preparations for the ODI World Cup. Six UAE players were part of the USA squad in Dallas, as the national team competes in the Cricket World Cup League Two. The eight-team league is part of the qualification process for the ODI World Cup, with the top four teams advancing directly.
The UAE's one-day international status will also be on the line in the Qualifier Play-off. The UAE's current position at the bottom of the CWCL2 table makes it unlikely they will secure a top four spot, as they would need Oman to lose all remaining games and UAE to win all theirs while improving their net run-rate. The play-off is scheduled from December 1 to 21, overlapping with the ILT20 season, leaving UAE's ODI squad members unavailable for some of the competition.
While franchises knew of this potential conflict, they mostly avoided signing key players like Harpreet Bhatia, Adeeb Usmani, and Sohaib Khan. However, six players were signed despite the uncertainty: Aayan Khan ($95,000), Khuzaima Tanveer ($75,000), Ibrar Ahmed ($46,000), Ali Naseer ($40,000), Mohammed Arfan ($10,000) and Tanish Suri ($10,000).
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