All squads for the second edition of Global Canada T20 League were picked on Thursday (June 20) with a list of big names featuring at the draft. Among them, former India batsman Yuvraj Singh got roped in as the marquee player by Toronto Nationals. The tournament begins in Brampton from July 25 and culminates on August 11.
Yuvi, while announcing his retirement from international cricket after a 19-year-long career for India almost two weeks back on June 10, also confirmed interest in plying trade across the globe in T20 Leagues.
The Southpaw had written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking permission regarding the same.
"He wrote to the board yesterday. I don't see an issue in him getting the nod to play in overseas leagues now that he has retired from international cricket and IPL," a BCCI source had told the PTI.
Yuvraj himself said he wants to play some "fun cricket" post-retirement. "I want to play T20 cricket. At this age, I can manage to play some kind of fun cricket. I want to go and enjoy my life," he was quoted as saying.
The season 2 of GT20 sees Yuvraj play against New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Chris Gayle, Wahab Riaz, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Faf du Plessis and other fantastic international cricketers. He'll be sharing the dressing room with India pacer Manpreet Gony, Brendon McCullum and Kieron Pollard at Toronto Nationals.
Here are the full squads of all the teams in Global T20 Canada 2019:
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
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
Winnipeg Hawks
Chris Lynn, JP Duminy, Dwayne 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
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
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
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.
(Inputs from India Today)
