T20 competitions giving local players chance to shine alongside cricket’s established stars
arabnews.comThere is so much cricket being played professionally and internationally at the moment that one of the International Cricket Council’s objectives to grow the game worldwide is coming to fruition.
Opportunities to play on a world stage are now afforded to players who could only have dreamed about it a few years ago. This is true for the UAE men cricketers who are playing in the DPO World ILT20.
Each of the six teams have four UAE players allocated to them, of whom two must be selected for the playing 11. The experience that they gain from playing alongside some of the world’s best cricketers will be invaluable for their development.
Rohan Mustafa has been opening the batting for Desert Vipers alongside Englishman Alex Hales, watching him score 418 runs in five matches, almost twice as many as anyone else.
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