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GLT20 Canada Squads, Venues, Icon layers, All you need to know

All the cricket-loving fans of Canada who were starved of cricket action for some time can now rejoice as the GLT20 comes back to Canadian shores. The GLT20 is set to begin late in July. The tournament has been widely watched all over the world in its previous editions. In one of the editions a West Indies B team also featured in the tournament and won. Brampton will live and breathe cricket again as the tournament returns there.

Six franchises will be participating in the tournament. The latest teams who will join the party are Mississauga Panthers and Surrey Jaguars. The tournament starts from July 20 to August 6. Over an 18-day period, 25 matches will be played between all 6 teams.

This year the likes of Harbhajan Singh, Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle and Andre Russell will be a part of the tournament. In the past, players like Yuvraj Singh, George Munsey, Shahid Afridi, Kieron Pollard, and Wahab Riaz have played in the competition.

Each squad comprises of 16 players from Full and ICC Associate Member Nations, featuring six international players (including two marquee stars), four players from Associate Nations, and six Canadians. The league has kept the cricket fever alive in Canada and its comeback comes as a big positive for the country.

Where will the GT20 happen?

The games will take place in Canada at Brampton Ontario. The format that will be followed is on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Here are the icon players:

Harbhajan Singh, Shoaib Malik,  Chris Gayle, and Andre Russell.

Where to watch:

The live streaming will take place on Hotstar in India

Here are the squads of the teams:

Brampton Wolves:

Harbhajan Singh, Colin De Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Mark Sinclair Chapman, Usama Mir, Hussain Talat, Usman Khan, Logan Van Beek, Jan Nicolaas Frylinck, Max O Dowd, Jeremy Gordon, Aaron Johnson, Rizwan Cheema, Shahid Ahamdzai, Rishiv Joshi, Gurpal Singh Sandhu. Coach: Shane Bond.

Surrey Jaguars:

Alex Hales, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Behrendorff, Litton Kumar Das, Karim Janat, Mohammad Haris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ayaan Khan, Jatinder Singh, Bernard Scholtz, Paragat Singh, Dillon Heyliger, Ammar Khalid, Sunny Matharu, Sheel Patel, Kairav Sharma. Coach: Lalchand Rajput.

Vancouver Knights:

Mohammad Rizwan, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Naveen Ul Haq, Reeza Raphael Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, Najibullah Zadran, Junaid Siddiqui, Vriitya Aravind, Karthik Meiyappan, Ruben Trumpleman, Ravinderpal Singh, Harsh Thaker, Rayyan Pathan, Nawab Singh, Muhammad Kamal, Kanwar Tathgur. Coach: Donovan Mille

Toronto Nationals:

Colin Munro, Shahid Afridi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zaman Khan, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Hamza Tariq, Gerhard Erasmus, Johannes Jonathan Smit, Farhan Malik, Saad Bin Zafar, Nicholas Kirton, Armaan Kapoor, Sarmad Anwar, Rommel Shahzad, Udhaya Bhagwan. Coach: Aaqib Javed.

Mississauga Panthers:

Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle, Azam Khan, James Neesham, Cameron Scott Delport, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahoor Khan, Tom Cooper, Cecil Pervez, Jaskarandeep Singh Buttar, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Shreyas Movva, Praveen Kumar, Mihir Patel, Ethan Gibson. Coach: Lance Klusener.

Montreal Tigers:

Andre Russel, Shakib Al Hassan, Chris Lynn, Sherfane Rutherford, Carlos Brathwaite, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Zahir Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Akif Raja, Aayan Khan, Dipendra Airee, Kaleem Sana, Srimantha Wijeratne, Matthew Spoors, Bupendra Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Anoop Chima. Coach: Dav Whatmore.