The fifth season of the Abu Dhabi T10 2021 will start on Friday, November 19, when reigning champions Northern Warriors take on Delhi Bulls in the first of an explosive opening night doubleheader.

The six teams participating in the fifth season are Bangla Tigers, Deccan Gladiators, The Chennai Braves, Team Abu Dhabi, Delhi Bulls and Northern Warriors as cricket’s fastest format returns to the UAE with a mouth-watering opening match that takes place at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium from 6 PM local time.

England duo Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan will represent the current two-time champions in the tournament opener against a Delhi Bulls side that contains the likes of Dwayne Bravo and Eoin Morgan.

The second match on Day 1 pits home side Team Abu Dhabi against Bangla Tigers from 8 PM, with both teams looking to get off to the perfect start as they search for their first Abu Dhabi T10 title.

Team Abu Dhabi’s star-studded squad includes West Indies legend Chris Gayle and England superstar Liam Livingstone, while Bangla Tigers boast a team that features iconic Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, and former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis.

Day 2 (Saturday, November 20) kicks off from 4 PM and will be the first of four triple header Matchdays during the league stage as Yusuf Pathan will add his wealth of experience to The Chennai Braves team against a Deccan Gladiators outfit with Andre Russell in their ranks in the first match of the day.

In total, there will be 35 matches played across the 15 days of competition at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, with each team squaring off twice before the top four sides advance to the qualifiers on Friday, December 3.

From there, the teams in first and second place in the group stage will feature in a qualifier, with the winner advancing to the final. The losing team of that first qualifier will then get a second chance to reach the grand finale by facing the winner of the eliminator, which will feature the third and fourth-placed teams in the standings.

A third and fourth place playoff will get underway on Saturday, December 4 from 6 PM before the Abu Dhabi T10 2021 final starts at 8 PM to crown the new champion. 

Abu Dhabi T10 2021 teams and squads

The Chennai Braves: Nicholas Pooran (icon player), Yusuf Pathan, Fabian Allen, Dushmantha Chameera, Wahab Riaz, Azam Khan, Maheesh Theekshana, Darren Bravo, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Migael Pretorius, Muhammad Waseem, Junaid Siddique, Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Chamika Karunaratne, Tion Webster 

Bangla Tigers: Faf du Plessis (icon player), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, James Faulkner, Benny Howell, Johnson Charles, Hazratullah Zazai, Will Jacks, Andre Fletcher, Qais Ahmad, Isuru Udana, Sabir Rao, Hasan Khalid, Matheesha Pathirana, William Smeed, Adam Lyth, Mohammad Saifuddin

Delhi Bulls: Jason Roy (icon player), Eoin Morgan, Dwayne Bravo, Ravi Rampaul, Adil Rashid, Sherfane Rutherford, Rilee Rossouw, Dominic Drakes, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Romario Shepherd, Sohaib Maqsood, Shiraz Ahmed, Hafeez Rahman, Nyeem Young, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akeal Hosein, Devon Thomas

Team Abu Dhabi: Liam Livingstone (icon player), Chris Gayle, Marchant de Lange, Colin Ingram, Phil Salt, Paul Stirling, Obed McCoy, Danny Briggs, Jamie Overton, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fidel Edwards, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Farazuddin, Ahmed Daniyal, Christopher Benjamin   

Northern Warriors: Chris Jordan (icon player), Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Tahir, Upul Tharanga, Rayad Emrit, Reece Topley, Samit Patel, Kennar Lewis, Abhimanyu Mithun, Kaunain Abbas, Umair Ali, Rameez Shahzad, Josh Little, Abdul Wahid, Blessing Muzarabani, Ross Whitley 

Deccan Gladiators: Andre Russell (icon player), Evin Lewis, Tom Banton, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Wiese, Tymal Mills, Wanindu Hasaranga, Najibullah Zadran, Odean Smith, Rumman Raees, Ravi Bopara, Zahoor Khan, Sultan Ahmed, Izharulhaq Naveed, Nav Pabreja, Ryan Rickelton, Anwar Ali

Abu Dhabi T10 League 2021 schedule, fixtures and live India times

All times in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Date

Match

Time

Friday, November 19

Northern Warriors vs Delhi Bulls

7:30 PM IST

Friday, November 19

Team Abu Dhabi vs Bangla Tigers 

9:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 20

Deccan Gladiators vs The Chennai Braves

5:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 20

Northern Warriors vs Team Abu Dhabi 

7:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 20

Delhi Bulls vs Bangla Tigers

9:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 21

Team Abu Dhabi vs Deccan Gladiators 

5:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 21

Delhi Bulls vs The Chennai Braves

7:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 21

Bangla Tigers vs Northern Warriors

9:30 PM IST

Monday, November 22

Deccan Gladiators vs Delhi Bulls

7:30 PM IST

Monday, November 22

The Chennai Braves vs Team Abu Dhabi 

9:30 PM IST

Tuesday, November 23

Northern Warriors vs Deccan Gladiators

7:30 PM IST

Tuesday, November 23

Bangla Tigers vs The Chennai Braves 

7:30 PM IST

Wednesday, November 24

Delhi Bulls vs Team Abu Dhabi 

7:30 PM IST

Wednesday, November 24

The Chennai Braves vs Northern Warriors 

9:30 PM IST

Thursday, November 25

Bangla Tigers vs Deccan Gladiators 

7:30 PM IST

Thursday, November 25

Delhi Bulls vs Northern Warriors

9:30 PM IST

Friday, November 26

Bangla Tigers vs Team Abu Dhabi

7:30 PM IST

Friday, November 26

The Chennai Braves vs Deccan Gladiators 

9:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 27

Team Abu Dhabi vs Northern Warriors 

5:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 27

The Chennai Braves vs Bangla Tigers

7:30 PM IST

Saturday, November 27

Delhi Bulls vs Deccan Gladiators 

9:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 28

Team Abu Dhabi vs The Chennai Braves

5:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 28

Deccan Gladiators vs Northern Warriors 

7:30 PM IST

Sunday, November 28

Bangla Tigers vs Delhi Bulls

9:30 PM IST

Monday, November 29

Deccan Gladiators vs Team Abu Dhabi 

7:30 PM IST

Monday, November 29

Northern Warriors vs The Chennai Braves

9:30 PM IST

Wednesday, December 1

Deccan Gladiators vs Bangla Tigers 

7:30 PM IST

Wednesday, December 1

The Chennai Braves vs Delhi Bulls

9:30 PM IST

Thursday, December 2

Northern Warriors vs Bangla Tigers

7:30 PM IST

Thursday, December 2

Team Abu Dhabi vs Delhi Bulls

9:30 PM IST

Friday, December 3

Abu Dhabi T10 Qualifier 1

5:30 PM IST

Friday, December 3

Abu Dhabi T10 Eliminator

7:30 PM IST

Friday, December 3

Abu Dhabi T10 Qualifier 2

9:30 PM IST

Saturday, December 4

Abu Dhabi T10 3rd place match

7:30 PM IST

Saturday, December 4

Abu Dhabi T10 final

9:30 PM IST

Where to watch Abu Dhabi T10 League 2021 live in India?

Abu Dhabi T10 League 2021 live telecast in India will be on Colors Cineplex SD (Hindi), Colors Cineplex HD (English) and Rishtey Cineplex (Hindi).

Live streaming of the Abu Dhabi T10 League in India will be available on Voot and JioTV.

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