Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Finn Allen set to make their ILT20 debuts

Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who was with Capitals last season, will represent defending champions Desert Vipers this time. Vipers have also retained Shimron Hetmyer, Andries Gous and Dan Lawrence. Noor Ahmad, who was with Vipers last time, goes the other way, to Capitals. Apart from signing Noor and Stoinis, Capitals have also retained Rovman Powell and Mustafizur Rahman.

Like Vipers, MI Emirates also retained three players – Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan and Romario Shepherd – and signed Sherfane Rutherford. At ADKR, Allen will join Sunil Narine and Jason Holder (both retained) and fellow new recruit Matthew Tromp of USA, while Azmatullah Omarzai and Blessing Muzarabani (both retained) complete Giants’ quota of four overseas signings ahead of the auction.

Sharjah Warriorz were the only team to retain just one player, Sikandar Raza. They recruited Adam Milne, James Vince and Waqar Salamkheil to complete their pre-auction signings. Warriorz also have a new coach in Adrian Birrell, who guided Sunrisers Eastern Cape to three titles in the SA20.

The teams will complete their squads by adding UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and additional foreign players – a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 23 players per squad – at the auction in Dubai on October 1. Following the auction, each team will be permitted to add one Wildcard signing.