This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for sports and athletics. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: "MI Emirates" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "MI Emirates" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

The MI Emirates is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the International League T20.[1][2][3][4] The franchise is owned by Indiawin Sports.

MI Emirates
LeagueInternational League T20
Personnel
CaptainNicholas Pooran
CoachRobin Singh
OwnerIndiawin Sports
Team information
ColoursBlue and Gold
Founded2022 (2022)
Official websitemiemirates.com

Franchise History

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 MI Emirates, were put up on auction in UAE on September 2022.The franchise was purchased was revealed that indiawin Sports, lead by Reliance industries will be owning a team in the league.The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023,through their social media handles.

Seasons

Year League standing Final standing
2023 3rd out of 6 Third Place

Current Squads

Source:[5]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
5 Ambati Rayudu  India (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 38) Right-Handed Right-arm off spin
10 Muhammed Waseem  United Arab Emirates (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 27) Right-Handed Right-arm medium
11 Asif Khan  United Arab Emirates (1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 33) Right-Handed Right-arm off spin
23 Will Smeed  England (2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22) Right-Handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
15 Mohammed Rohin  United Arab Emirates (2002-09-29) 29 September 2002 (age 21) Left-Handed Left-arm medium-fast
21 Akeal Hosein  West Indies (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 30) Left-Handed Left-arm orthodox
44 Jordan Thompson  England (1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 (age 27) Left-Handed Right-arm medium-fast
47 Dwayne Bravo  West Indies (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 (age 40) Right-Handed Right-arm medium-fast
55 Kieron Pollard  West Indies (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 36) Right-Handed Right-arm medium
58 Odean Smith  West Indies (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 27) Right-Handed Left-arm orthodox
64 Nosthush Kenjige  United States (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 (age 32) Right-Handed Left-arm orthodox
78 Corey Anderson  England (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33) Left-Handed Left-arm medium
80 Dan Mousley  England (2001-07-08) 8 July 2001 (age 22) Left-Handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
29 Nicholas Pooran  West Indies (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 28) Left-Handed Right-arm off spin Captain
54 Kusal Perera  Sri Lanka (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 33) Right-Handed Right-arm medium
72 Andre Fletcher  West Indies (1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 36) Right-Handed Right-arm medium fast
Bowlers
18 Trent Boult  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 34) Right-Handed Left-arm fast medium
16 Zahoor Khan  United Arab Emirates (1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 34) Right-Handed Right-arm fast medium
19 Waqar Salamkheil  Afghanistan (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 22) Right-Handed Left-arm unorthodox spin
55 Vijayakanth Viyaskanth  Sri Lanka (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22) Right-Handed Right-arm wrist spin
66 McKenny Clarke  West Indies (2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 (age 20) Right-Handed Right-arm fast medium
83 Fazalhaq Farooqi  Afghanistan (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 23) Right-Handed Left-arm fast medium

Administration and support staff

[6]

Position Name
CEO
Director of Cricket
Head coach Robin Singh
Assistant coach Vinay Kumar
Batting coach Ajay Jadeja
Bowling coach Mitchell McClenaghan
Fielding coach James Franklin

See also

References

  1. ^ "Full list of MI Emirates players retained for ILT20 2024". miemirates.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  2. ^ "Asif Khan, Mohammad Rohid join MI Emirates squad as draft picks". miemirates.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  3. ^ "MI Bowling Coach and MI Emirates Head Coach Shane Bond moves on from the MI #OneFamily". miemirates.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  4. ^ "Rayudu, Corey among MI Emirates' eight new signings for season 2". miemirates.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  5. ^ "Official Squad Listing | MI Emirates". miemirates.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  6. ^ "Mitchell McClenaghan named MI Emirates bowling coach".
Categories