Every player sold at the DP World ILT20 Season 5 auction

Dubai: The DP World International League T20 Season 5 Player Auction will take place on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the ICC Academy Indoors in Dubai. The auction will see the league’s six franchises complete their squads ahead of the fifth season of the UAE-based T20 competition.

The DP World ILT20 features six teams and a 34-match tournament. Season 5 will be played from November 21 to December 20, 2026, across three venues: Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Dubai International Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Several prominent international players have already been secured through the pre-auction signing process, while several established stars have returned to their previous franchises.

Check the live updates after each round as Muhammad Waseem makes history becoming the costliest UAE player in ILT20 history.

Meanwhile Faf du Plessis became the costliest player of all time surpassing Andre Fletcher who cost MI Emirates $260,000 in the season 4 auction. However, Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz surpassed him in the throne within few minutes.

Gulf Giants made the Right to Match as Abu Dhabi Knight Riders made the $310,000 bid. Nevertheless, Liam Livingstone $350,000's price tag surpassed them both who was also bought by Giants. Another Afghanistan star Fazalhaq Farooqi then joined MI Emirates for the historic price tag of $380,000.

Surprisingly, Babar Azam was sold for base price to Desert Vipers, joining his Pakistani teammates Fakhar Zaman and Naseem Shah. Phil Salt was also sold for the base price despite being an aggressive T20 batter.

While Livingstone is amongst the highest earning players of the upcoming tournament, his fellow countrymen remained the majority in the unsold list. Meanwhile the Afghani players turned out to be the biggest winners of the auction.

Though many English players remain unsold initially, they did manage to find a team later in the auction. Jonny Bairstow, Chris Jordan, Tom Banton were some of the players who got sold after remaining unsold in the first attempt.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

 Pre-auction signings:

• Finn Allen (New Zealand)

• Jason Holder (West Indies)

• Matthew Tromp (USA)

• Sunil Narine (West Indies)

Bought from the Auction:

• Muhammad Rohid (UAE) sold for $95,000

• Alishan Sharafu (UAE) sold for $110,000 - RTM

• Ibrar Ahmed (UAE) sold for $46,000

• Ajay Kumar (UAE) sold for $40,000

• Moeen Ali (England) sold for $80,000

• Andre Fletcher (West Indies) sold for $40,000

• Arab Gul (Afghanistan) sold for $80,000

• Jakeem Pollard (West Indies) sold for $10,000

• Gulbadin Naib (Afghanistan) sold for $75,000

• Colin Munro (New Zealand) sold for $40,000

• Amish De Silva (USA) sold for $100,000

• Michael Pepper (England) sold for $10,000

• Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) sold for $10,000

• Usman Tariq (Pakistan) sold for $80,000

• Abdullah Tarakhail (Afghanistan) sold for $10,000

• Qais Ahmed (Afghanistan) sold for $38,000

• Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

Desert Vipers

Pre-auction signings:

• Andries Gous (USA)

• Dan Lawrence (England)

• Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (Afghanistan)

• Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies)

Bought from the Auction:

• Khuzaima Bin Tanveer (UAE) sold $75,000 - RTM

• Vriitya Anand (UAE) sold for $70,000

• Nilansh Keshwani (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Babar Azam (Pakistan) sold for $80,000

• Naseem Shah (Pakistan) sold for $80,000

• Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) sold for $80,000

• Aneurin Donald (England) sold for $40,000

• David Payne (England) sold for $150,000

• Nangeyalia Kharote (Afghanistan) sold for $28,000

• Sanjay Pahal (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Harry Tector (Ireland) sold for $12,000

• Joe Clarke (England) sold for $40,000

• Saleem Safi (Afghanistan) sold for $10,000

• Abdullah Ahmadzai (Afghanistan) sold for $40,000

• Shadab Khan (Pakistan) sold for $80,000

• Bilal Tahir (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

• Ishtiaq Ahmed (Saudi Arabia) sold for $12,000

• Wali Muhammad (UAE) sold for $10,000

Dubai Capitals

Pre-auction signings:

• Marcus Stoinis (Australia)

• Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)

• Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan)

• Rovman Powell (West Indies)

Bought from the Auction:

• Zuhaib Zubair (UAE) sold for $26,000

• Aayan Khan (UAE) sold for $95,000

• Haider Ali (UAE) sold for $38,000

• Faf du Plessis (South Africa) sold for $300,000

• Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka) sold for $100,000 - RTM

• Phil Salt (England) sold for $80,000

• Max Holden (England) sold for $100,000

• Darwish Rasooli (Afghanistan) sold for $10,000

• Sadiqullah Atal (Afghanistan) sold for $70,000

• Karim Janat (Afghanistan) sold for $40,000

• Mark Adair (Ireland) sold for $55,000

• Muhammad Arfan (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Matt Potts (England) sold for $10,000

• Hassan Khan (USA) sold for $90,000

• Anudeep Chenthamara (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

• Usman Najeeb (Saudi Arabia) sold for $10,000

• Tom Moores (England) sold for $40,000

• Luke Wood (England) sold for $40,000

• Masood Ul Gurbaz (UAE-19) sold for $10,000

Gulf Giants

Pre-auction signings:

• Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)

• Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe)

• David Miller (South Africa)

• Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa)

Bought from the Auction:

• Matiullah Khan (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Dhruv Parashar (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan) sold for $65,000

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) sold for $310,000 - RTM

• Liam Livingstone (England) sold for $350,000

• Curtis Campher (Ireland) sold for $22,000

• Haider Razzaq (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Shamar Joseph (West Indies) sold for $80,000

• Imran Mir (Afghanistan) sold for $10,000

• Alzarri Joseph (West Indies) sold for $230,000

• David Wiese (South Africa) sold for $70,000

• Shubham Ranjane (USA) sold for 10,000

• Meet Bhavsar (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

• Imtiaz Khan (Saudi Arabia) sold for $10,000

• Alick Athanaze (West Indies) sold for $10,000

• Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) sold for $40,000

• Sagar Kalyan (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Awais Ahmed (UAE) sold for 10,000

• Wahidullah Zadran (UAE) sold for 10,000

MI Emirates

Pre-auction signings:

• Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)

• Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

• Romario Shepherd (West Indies)

• Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies)

Bought from the Auction:

• Muhammad Waseem (UAE) sold for $210,000 - RTM

• Zahoor Khan (UAE) sold for $30,000

• Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) sold for $380,000

• Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka) sold for $40,000

• Wasim Akram (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Am Ghazanfar (Afghanistan) sold for $150,000 - RTM

• Asa Tribe (England) sold for $10,000

• Mohamed Shafeeq (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

• Zain ul Abidin (Saudi Arabia) sold for $10,000

• Chris Jordan (England) sold for $170,000

• James Cole (England) sold for $100,000

• Lizard Williams (South Africa) sold for $110,000

• Jonny Bairstow (England) sold for $80,000

• Jordan Thompson (England) sold for $40,000

• Ross Adair (Ireland) sold for $10,000

• Faridoon Dawoodzai (Afghanistan) sold for $10,000

• Sanjay Krishnamurthi (USA) sold for $10,000

• Raizal Nadir Nather Shah (UAE) sold for $10,000

Sharjah Warriorz

Pre-auction signings:

• Adam Milne (New Zealand)

• James Vince (England)

• Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan)

• Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) 

Bought from the Auction:

• Tanish Suri (UAE) sold for $10,000

• Ali Ameer Naseer (UAE) sold for $40,000

• Adil Rashid (England) sold for $80,000

• Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) sold for $140,000

• Richard Gleeson (England) sold for $180,000

• George Linde (South Africa) sold for $40,000

• Paul Walter (England) sold for $110,000

• Nabeel Aziz (UAE-19) sold for $10,000

• George Dockrell (Ireland) sold for $10,000

• Brandon McMullen (Scotland) sold for $80,000

• Arunraj Selvaraj (Kuwait) sold for $10,000

• Mohammad Saqib (Saudi Arabia) sold for $10,000

• Craig Overton (England) sold for $80,000

• James Rew (England) sold for $10,000

• Tom Banton (England) sold for $80,000

• Logan Van Beek (Netherlands) sold for $40,000

• Sharafuddin Ashraf (Afghanistan) sold for $40,000

• Fareed Malik (Afghanistan) sold for $40,000

Unsold players:

• Harpreet Singh Bhatia (UAE)

• Basil Hameed (UAE)

• Junaid Siddique (UAE)

• Mohammed Sohaib Khan (UAE)

• Muhammad Jawadullah (UAE)

• Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)

• Chris Woakes (England)

• Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka)

• Alex Hales (England)

• William Smeed (England)

• Nathan Sowther (England)

• Qais Ahmed (Afghanistan)

• Matthew Forde (West Indies)

• Rehan Ahmed (England)

• Liam Dawson (England)

• Udish Suri (UAE)