The second edition of ILT20, UAE's premier T20 tournament organized by the Emirates Cricket Board, is all set to start on Friday (January 19) and conclude a month later on February 17 with the title clash in the final.
Like the inaugural edition, ILT20 season 2 too will see six teams play each other twice in a round-robin stage with the top four heading into the playoffs, which will crown the winner.

The playoff will follow the IPL format of qualifier 1 followed by eliminator, qualifier 2 and then the final. There will be a total of 34 matches contested across three different venues in three big cities of UAE - Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai.
Top T20 talent from across the world as well as stars and rising talents from UAE will participate in the ILT20 season 2. The teams built their squads at the player draft last year, and each team has a mix of overseas stars and local talent in their side.
Apart from the squads, the coach as well as the captain of each franchise has been revealed heading into the second edition of the ILT20. Here is a look at the captains and head coach of all six teams:
| Team | Captain | Head Coach |
| Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | Sunil Narine | Bharat Arun |
| Desert Vipers | Colin Munro | James Foster |
| Dubai Capitals | David Warner | Hemang Badani |
| Gulf Giants | James Vince | Andy Flower |
| MI Emirates | Nicholas Pooran | Robin Singh |
| Sharjah Warriors | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Johan Botha |
The squads of ILT20 season 2 include some top T20 stars from across the globe like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Alex Hales, Wanindu Hasaranga and Shaheen Shah Afridi among others. Here is a look at the ILT20 season 2 squads - players list of all six teams:
Ali Khan, Andre Russell, Brandon McMullen, Charith Asalanka, David Willey, Jake Lintott, Joe Clarke, Josh Little, Laurie Evans, Marchant de Lange, Matiullah Khan, Michael Pepper, Ravi Bopara, Sabir Ali, Sam Hain, Sunil Narine, Imad Wasim.
Adam Hose, Alex Hales, Ali Naseer, Azam Khan, Bas de Leede, Colin Munro, Dinesh Chandimal, Gus Atkinson, Luke Wood, Matheesha Pathirana, Michael Jones, Rohan Mustafa, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sheldon Cottrell, Sherfane Rutherford, Tom Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Amir.
Andrew Tye, Dasun Shanaka, David Warner, Dushmantha Chameera, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Max Holden, Mohammad Mohsin, Nuwan Thushara, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Raja Akif, Roman Powell, Roelof van der Merwe, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Sam Billings, Sikandar Raza.
Aayan Afzal Khan, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Chris Lynn, Dominic Drakes, Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Overton, James Vince, Jamie Smith, Jordan Cox, Karim Janat, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Rehan Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, Sanchit Sharma, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shimon Hetmyer.
Akeal Hosein, Ambati Rayudu, Andre Fletcher, Corey Anderson, Daniel Mousley, Dwayne Bravo, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jordan Thompson, Kieron Pollard, Kusal Perera, McKenny Clarke, Muhammad Waseem, Nicholas Pooran, Nosthush Kenjige, Odean Smith, Trent Boult, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Waqar Salamkheil, Will Smeed, Zahoor Khan.
Chris Sole, Chris Woakes, Daniel Sams, Dilshan Madushanka, James Fuller, Joe Denly, Johnson Charles, Junaid Siddique, Kusal Mendis, Lewis Gregory, Mahesh Theekshana, Mark Deyal, Mark Watt, Martin Guptill, Muhammad Jawadullah, Qais Ahmad, Sean Williams, Tom Kohler-Cadmore.