The premier franchise T20 league in Canada, “Global T20 league” will feature 3 Sri Lankans in its second edition which is scheduled to be held from 25th July-11th August 2019.
Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana and Niroshan Dickwella are the ones who were picked by the same franchise, Montreal Tigers.
Thisara Perera and Isuru Udana were included in the Montreal Tigers squad for 2018’s edition of the tournament too under the captaincy of the Sri Lankan superstar, Lasith Malinga.
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Interestingly, Malinga has not put his name forward to take part in this year’s edition. Dasun Shanaka is the other player from Sri Lanka to represent Montreal Tigers in 2018, but he has not been picked by any franchise in this year.
The salary caps for the Sri Lankan player are as follows
- Thisara Perera – USD 90,000
- Isuru Udana – USD 40,000
- Niroshan Dickwella – USD 25,000
Montreal Tigers will be coached by former Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody while big names in world Cricket in the likes of Brendon McCullum, Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard are all set to play in the same franchise.
Last year’s edition was won by Vancouver Knights under the captaincy of Chris Gayle.
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The tournament will feature 6 teams, Brampton Wolves, Edmonton Royals, Montreal Tigers, Toronto Nationals, Vancouver Knights, Winnipeg Hawks and all the matches will be played at Brampton, Ontario.
Full squads
Toronto Nationals
Yuvraj Singh, Brendon McCullum, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Heinrick Klaasen, Manpreet Gony, Chris Green, Sandeep Lamichhane, Callum MacLeod, Chirag Suri, Ghulam Shabbir, Jasdeep Singh, Jeremy Gordon, Ravinderpal Singh, Salman Nazar, Mark Montford, Rodrigo Thomas, Coach: Geoff Lawson
Montreal Tigers
George Bailey, Thisara Perera, Sunil Narine, Fawad Ahmad, Isuru Udana, Niroshan Dickwella, Keemo Paul, Muhammed Naveed, Kyle Coetzer, Matthew Cross, Nizakat Khan, Steven Taylor, Dillon Heylinger, Nikhil Dutta, Bhupinder Singh, Arslan Khan, Yax Patel, Coach: Tom Moody
Edmonton Royals
Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis, Ben Cutting, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Sherfane Rutherford, James Neesham, Safyaan Sharif, Anshuman Rath, Richie Berrington, Ehsan Nawaz, Kyle Fitzroy Phill, Davy Jacobs, Navneet Dhaliwal, Satsimranjit Dhinsa, Akash Gill, Shahzad Ahmadzai, Coach: Stephen Fleming
Vancouver Knights
Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Shoaib Malik, Tim Southee, Rassie van der Dussen, Chadwick Walton, Daniel Sams, Hayden Walsh Jr, JJ Smit, Tobias Visee, Michael Rippon, Ali Khan, Saad Zafar, Rizwan Cheema, Rayaan Pathan, Harsh Thaker, Matthew Nandu, Coach: Donovan Miller
Winnipeg Hawks
Chris Lynn, JP Duminy, Dwayne (DJ) Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Umar Akmal, Rayad Emrit, Najibullah Zadran, Paul van Meekeren, Sompal Kami, Rameez Shahzad, Shaiman Anwar, Sunny Sohal, Hamza Tariq, Kaleem Sana-ur-Rehim, Umair Ghani, Romesh Eranga, Varun Sehdev, Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Brampton Wolves
Darren Sammy, Shakib Al Hasan, Colin Munro, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher, Babar Hayat, George Munsey, Rohan Mustafa, Zahoor Khan, Timil Patel, Nitish Kumar, Abrash Khan, Armaan Kapoor, Faisal Jamkhandi, Nawab Singh, Coach: Phil Simmons
