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All you need to know about Global T20 Canada Cricket League

The Canada T20 League is a league to be started from 28th June to 15th July. In this league, 6 teams will be taking part in it. It will mark the return of David Warner and Steve Smith who will be making a comeback in cricket after ball-tampering scandal.

All the 6 teams will have 4 local Canadian players and also some top quality international players. In February 2018, the International Cricket Council decided to give approval for Canada T20 League. The telecast of matches will be shown on live in India and many countries. 600 players from Canada registered for the draft out. A total of 1,600 players applied for the draft. The players draft took on 3rd June 2018.

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The matches will be played at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario. Famous coaches like Tom Moody, Phil Simmons, Waqar Younis will coach the teams.

Teams:-

Toronto Nationals: Darren Sammy, Steve Smith, Kieron Pollard, Kamran Akmal, Hussain Talat, Rumman Raees, Nikhil Dutta, Johnson Charles, Kesrick Williams, Naved Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Farhan Malik, Nitish Kumar, Usama Mir, Rohan Mustafa, Mohammad Umair Ghani. Coach- Phil Simmons

Montreal Tigers: Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Thisara Perera, Mohammad Hafeez, Denesh Ramdin, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sikander Raza, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, George Worker, Najibullah Zadran, Cecil Pervez, Ibrahim Khaleel, Dillon Heyliger, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyan Pathan. Coach- Tom Moody

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Vancouver Knights: Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Evin Lewis, Tim Southee, Chadwick Walton, Fawad Ahmed, Babar Hayat, Sheldon Cottrell, Saad Bin Zafar, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Srimantha Wjeratne, Kamau Leverock, Steven Jacobs, Salman Nazar, Rassie van der Dussen, Jermey Gordon. Coach- Donovan Miller

Edmonton Royals: Shahid Afridi, Chris Lynn, Luke Ronchi, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Christiaan Jonker, Wayne Parnell, Asif Ali, Hasan Khan, Agha Salman, Shaiman Anwar, Satimranjit Dhindsa, Ahmed Raza, Abraash Khan. Coach- Mohammad Akram

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Winnipeg Hawks:  Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, David Warner, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Ben McDermott, Ali Khan, Hamza Tariq, Junaid Siddique, Tion Webster, Rizwan Cheema, Hiral Patel, Mark Deyal. Coach- Waqar Younis

Cricket West Indies B Team: Anthony Bramble, Fabian Allen, Alick Athanaze, Roland Cato, Justin Greaves, Derval Green, Kavem Hodge, Brandon King, Jeremiah Louis, Obeid McCoy, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Sherfane Rutherford, Shamar Springer.

Here we look at the schedule of Canada T20 League

1. Toronto Nationals vs. Vancouver Knights (28th June D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

2. Montreal Tigers vs. Winnipeg Hawks (29th June D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

3. Toronto Nationals vs. Edmonton Royals (30th June D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

4. Montreal Tigers vs. Cricket West Indies B Team (30th June)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

5. Vancouver Knights vs. Winnipeg Hawks (1st July)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

6. Edmonton Royals vs. Cricket West Indies B Team (1st July D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

7. Toronto Nationals vs. Winnipeg Hawks (2nd July)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

8. Montreal Tigers vs. Vancouver Knights ( 2nd July D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

9. Montreal Tigers vs. Edmonton Royals (4th July D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

10. Winnipeg Hawks vs. Cricket West Indies B Team (5th July D/N )- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

11. Vancouver Knights vs. Edmonton Royals ( 6th July D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

12. Toronto Nationals vs. Cricket West Indies B Team ( 7th July)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

13. Winnipeg Hawks vs. Edmonton Royals ( 7th July D/N)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

14. Vancouver Knights vs. Cricket West Indies B Team (8th July)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

15. Toronto Nationals vs. Montreal Tigers (8th July)- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

Round 2

10th July – 1st vs. 6th – Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

10th July (D/N)- 2nd vs. 5th– Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

11th July– 3rd vs. 4th– Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

Playoffs

12th July- 1st vs. 2nd– Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

12th July (D/N)- 3rd vs. 4th – Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

14th July (D/N- Loser 1 vs. Loser 2- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

15th July (D/N)- Finals- Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

More information about Canada T20 League 2018

The T20 League would be a first major tournament in North America. In the round robin matches, each team will play others once in 1st playoff rounds. The second round matches consist of the single round where they would take on the other opponent.

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Like the IPL, top four teams will qualify for the playoff stage. Top two teams from the league stage would feature in qualifier 1 and winner progress into the finals. The winner of elimination between 3rd and 4th place will face the loser of Qualifier 1.

A total of 22 will take in the inaugural edition of Canada T20 League including 18 league matches, two qualifiers, one eliminator and final. All teams have to play 6 matches in the league stage.

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