30th Sep, 2025

THE HISTORIC FIRST ILT20 AUCTION: What do MI Emirates need – All your FAQs answered

By MI Emirates Media

To new beginnings .. 

The Desert Carnival – our favourite ILT20 – is into its fourth year. Four times bigger. Four times better. Four times the excitement. And it all begins with here, with a historic Auction, the first ever in the league’s history. 

What: ILT20 Season 4, Mega Auction
When: October 1, 2025 | 2pm GST, 3:30pm IST

Where: Dubai

MI Emirates’ purse: 800,000 USD

Current squad includes: One UAE player, seven full member nation players

Need to acquire: 

  • Two UAE players
  • One UAE under-23 player
  • Four full member nation players
  • Two players from Associate nations
  • One from Kuwait
  • One from Saudi Arabia

Player slabs at the AuctionPlayers have been grouped into price slabs of USD 120,000, 80,000, 40,000, and 10,000. Close to 300 players from 20 countries are all set to go under the hammer. 

Excited already? As we gear up to welcome a host of players to the #OneFamily, tell us your wish list. Quick, we’re making notes! 

 


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