Rashid Khan, Eoin Morgan among icon players for T10 League
The mini draft ahead of the league was conducted on Tuesday, 24 July in Dubai, with the eight teams – up from six last time – picking their icon player and four others.
Kerala Kings, the 2017 champions, retained Eoin Morgan, choosing him as their icon player, while the other first-edition teams chose Rashid Khan (Maratha Arabians), Shahid Afridi (Pakhtoons), Sunil Narine (Bengal Tigers), Shoaib Malik (Punjabi Legends) and Brendon McCullum (Rajputs – earlier Team Sri Lanka).
| Team | Icon player | Other players |
| Bengal Tigers | Sunil Narine | Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Asif Ali, Mujeeb ur Rahman |
| Karachians | Shane Watson | Jofra Archer, Anton Devcich, Colin de Grandhomme, Ben Laughlin |
| Kerala Kings | Eoin Morgan | Kieron Pollard, Sohail Tanvir, Paul Stirling, Dasun Shanaka |
| Maratha Arabians | Rashid Khan | James Faulkner, Alex Hales, Dwayne Bravo, Kamran Akmal |
| Northern Warriors | Darren Sammy | Andre Russell, Dwayne Smith, Wahab Riaz, Nicholas Pooran |
| Pakhtoons | Shahid Afridi | Colin Ingram, David Willey, Mohammad Irfan, Liam Dawson |
| Punjabi Legends | Shoaib Malik | Evin Lewis, Chris Jordan, Luke Ronchi, Liam Plunkett |
| Rajputs | Brendon McCullum | Mohammad Hafeez, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Shahzad |
Northern Warriors and Karachians, the two new franchises, opted for Darren Sammy and Shane Watson respectively.
The remainder of the teams will be picked in the second draft in September.
I am super excited to be the Icon Player of the @MarathArabians team in season 2 of T10 League. Extend your support and cheer for my team this season. Let the game begin @parvezkhan35 @SohailKhan pic.twitter.com/JuJBkKVNsR
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) July 23, 2018
The first edition of the tournament was played over four days in December last year in Sharjah. A total of 13 games were played, making it a neatly packed tournament.
This time, with two teams added, there will be 28 games, with the action spanning 10 days.