UAE youngsters Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D Souza, Farhan Khan and Aryan Lakra to play in ILT20

The DP World International League Season 3 Player Selection Process for UAE players was conducted on Wednesday in Dubai. Three of the most promising UAE stars Ethan D Souza, Aryan Lakra and Dhruv Parashar have earned selections for Season 3.

Left-handed batter D Souza will represent the Sharjah Warriorz while Parashar and Lakra will be part of the Desert Vipers and MI Emirates squads respectively.

Recently, Parashar was in action for the Desert Vipers Development at the DP World ILT20 Development Tournament 2024, where he bagged five wickets, while Lakra had featured for Gulf Giants Development, scoring 85 runs and a crucial half century.

The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have selected Shahid Iqbal Bhutta and Ibrar Ahmed. Shahid Iqbal Bhutta and Ibrar Ahmed had also impressed at the DP World ILT20 Development Tournament 2024, Bhutta represented the ILT20 Pearls taking six wickets in the tournament while, Ibrar Ahmed finished with six scalps in just four outings for Dubai Capitals Development.

Khuzaima Bin Tanveer who was a part of Desert Vipers Development, will move up to the Vipers squad along with Parashar. The Dubai Capitals have chosen Farhan Khan and Zeeshan Naseer banking on their potent showing with the ball in the Development Tournament with eight and 10 wickets respectively.

Season 3 of the ILT20 will begin on January 11, 2025. The 34-match tournament will run for a month with the final to be played on February 9.