In a bid to provide more exposure and opportunities to Canadian youth involved in cricket, Mercuri Canada Ltd, promoters of the inaugural Global T20 Canada, have agreed with Cricket Canada to include 10 additional domestic players, equally distributed among the five franchises.
All five franchise team’s, Edmonton Royals, Montreal Tigers, Toronto Nationals, Vancouver Knights and Winnipeg Hawks, have a squad of 16 players each and the inclusion of the 2 additional players will take the total squad strength to 18.
Good morning from Maple Leaf Cricket Ground. Ready and waiting for the action! #6sInThe6ix #GT20Canada pic.twitter.com/OgrFFbIaVn
— GT20 Canada (@GT20Canada) June 25, 2018
The Chosen Canadian domestic players for GT20 Canada:
Vancouver Knights: Jimmy Hansra and Ravinderpal Singh
Edmonton Royals: Bupinder Singh Sohal and Varun Sehdev
Toronto Nationals: Navneet Dhaliwal and Armaan Kapoor
Montreal Tigers: Arslan Khan and Bhavindu Adhihetty
Winnipeg Hawks: Dhanuka Pathirana and Faisal Jamkhandi
Most of the players chosen were part of Canada U19 squad, which took part in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Feb 2018 in New Zealand.
