Abu Dhabi T10 2026 Squads: All 6 Teams, 108 Players and Captains, With 18 Pakistanis
Abu Dhabi T10 2026 squads for all 6 teams: 108 players, the captains and 18 Pakistanis, including Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan. See the full list.
All six Abu Dhabi T10 2026 squads are listed on the official site: 18 players a team, 108 in all, with 18 Pakistanis among them. Fakhar Zaman captains United Tigers. Kieron Pollard leads defending champions UAE Bulls. Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder and Moeen Ali captain the other four sides.
We copied each list from the league's team pages on 7 November 2026, the morning the season starts. The captains come from the league's release of 6 November. Below is a short table of the six teams, then every squad in full, with the flag each team page shows beside the name.
Six captains lead 18 players each
Each of the six teams has exactly 18 names on its official page. Only UAE Bulls, Arabian Aces and Yas Lions mark a captain on the team page, so we took the other three captains from the league's release of 6 November.
| Team | Captain | Pakistanis in squad | Names you may know |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAE Bulls | Kieron Pollard | 7 | Muhammad Amir, Shadab Khan |
| United Tigers | Fakhar Zaman | 6 | Faheem Ashraf, Azmatullah Omarzai |
| Emirates Eagles | Rovman Powell | 3 | Noor Ahmad, Trent Boult |
| Royal Desert Champions | Nicholas Pooran | 1 | Naseem Shah, Phil Salt |
| Arabian Aces | Moeen Ali | 1 | Andre Russell, Liam Livingstone |
| Yas Lions | Jason Holder | 0 | Dasun Shanaka, James Vince |
The league's draft release names Naseem Shah, Noor Ahmad, Muhammad Amir, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, Shadab Khan, Kusal Perera and Chris Jordan among its top picks. Three of those eight are Pakistani. Across the league, Pakistan supply exactly one player in six. Only the UAE flag appears more often, on 28 players.
UAE Bulls have the most Pakistanis, with seven
UAE Bulls are the defending champions and Kieron Pollard captains them. Seven of their 18 carry the Pakistan flag, including Shadab Khan and Muhammad Amir. They open the season against Yas Lions at 4:30 pm PKT on 7 November.
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Kieron Pollard, captain | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Romario Shepherd | Guyana |
| Muhammad Rohid | UAE |
| Shadab Khan | Pakistan |
| Tahir Zaman | Pakistan |
| Andre Fletcher | Grenada |
| Muhammad Amir | Pakistan |
| Nuwan Thushara | Sri Lanka |
| Khwaja Nafay | Pakistan |
| Khushdil Shah | Pakistan |
| Azam Khan | Pakistan |
| Wali Muhammad | UAE |
| Aneurin Donald | England |
| Bradley Currie | England |
| Max Bryant | Australia |
| Mohammad Wasim Jr | Pakistan |
| Uddish Suri | UAE |
United Tigers have six Pakistanis and Fakhar Zaman as captain
Fakhar Zaman is the only Pakistani captain in the league this season. His United Tigers also have Iftikhar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Sufyan Moqim, Abbas Afridi and Yasin Patel, plus four Bangladesh players. They start at 9:00 pm PKT on 7 November.
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Fakhar Zaman, captain | Pakistan |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan |
| Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan |
| Zeeshan Naseer | UAE |
| Awais Ali Shah | UAE |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan |
| Sufyan Moqim | Pakistan |
| Abbas Afridi | Pakistan |
| Odean Smith | Jamaica |
| Nurul Hasan Sohan | Bangladesh |
| Mahedi Hasan | Bangladesh |
| Habibur Rahman Sohan | Bangladesh |
| Noor ul Rahman | UAE |
| Shamim Hossain | Bangladesh |
| Adithya Shetty | UAE |
| Noor Ullah Ayubi | UAE |
| Paul van Meekeren | Netherlands |
| Yasin Patel | Pakistan |
Emirates Eagles have Hassan Nawaz and Rovman Powell
Rovman Powell captains Emirates Eagles, though the team page lists him simply as a player. Akif Javed, Hassan Nawaz and Ali Raza are the three Pakistanis. Trent Boult, Noor Ahmad and Alex Hales are the big overseas names in the side.
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Rovman Powell, captain | Jamaica |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Guyana |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand |
| Haider Razzaq | UAE |
| Luqman Faisal | UAE |
| David Wiese | Namibia |
| Noor Ahmad | Afghanistan |
| Alex Hales | England |
| KS Bharat | India |
| Akif Javed | Pakistan |
| Hassan Nawaz | Pakistan |
| Rehan Ahmed | England |
| Ali Raza | Pakistan |
| Chris Green | Australia |
| Harshit Kaushik | UAE |
| Hilal Afghan | UAE |
| Toby Albert | England |
| Kusal Perera | Sri Lanka |
Royal Desert Champions have Naseem Shah
Nicholas Pooran captains Royal Desert Champions, and Naseem Shah is their only Pakistani. Phil Salt and Chris Jordan are the English names in the side. Muhammad Waseem also plays here, under the UAE flag rather than Pakistan's.
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Pooran, captain | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Phil Salt | England |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Guyana |
| Ali Naseer | UAE |
| Aayan Afzal Khan | UAE |
| Muhammad Waseem | UAE |
| Naseem Shah | Pakistan |
| Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka |
| Luke Wood | England |
| Gulbadin Naib | Afghanistan |
| Brandon King | Jamaica |
| Janith Liyanage | Sri Lanka |
| Keemo Paul | Guyana |
| Dhruv Parashar | UAE |
| Raizal Nadir | UAE |
| Tajinder Singh Dhillon | UAE |
| Chris Jordan | England |
Arabian Aces and Yas Lions have one Pakistani between them
Salman Irshad of Arabian Aces is the only Pakistani across these two sides, and Yas Lions have none at all. Moeen Ali captains the Aces, who are one of the new franchises. Jason Holder leads the Lions, another new team this season.
Arabian Aces
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Moeen Ali, captain | England |
| Andre Russell | Jamaica |
| Liam Livingstone | England |
| Alishan Sharafu | UAE |
| Muhammad Arfan | UAE |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | England |
| Richard Gleeson | England |
| Sam Billings | England |
| Paul Walter | England |
| Alzarri Joseph | Antigua |
| Imran Tahir | South Africa |
| Salman Irshad | Pakistan |
| Quentin Sampson | South Africa |
| Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa |
| Vriitya Aravind | UAE |
| Ibrahim Masood | UAE |
| Amshi De Silva | UAE |
| Dunith Wellalage | Sri Lanka |
Yas Lions
| Player | Flag on team page |
|---|---|
| Jason Holder, captain | Barbados |
| David Willey | England |
| Andries Gous | United States |
| Ajay Kumar | UAE |
| Ansh Tandon | UAE |
| Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka |
| Eshan Malinga | Sri Lanka |
| Karim Janat | Afghanistan |
| Sanjay Krishnamurthi | United States |
| Tom Moores | England |
| Khuzaima Bin Tanveer | UAE |
| Obed McCoy | Saint Vincent |
| Kamil Pooran | UAE |
| Haider Ali | UAE |
| Masood Gurbaz | Afghanistan |
| Aryan Dutt | Netherlands |
| Akeal Hosein | Trinidad and Tobago |
| James Vince | England |
Availability can change the list you see on match day
A name on a squad page does not mean that player will play every match. Eshan Malinga, for example, is on the Yas Lions page and is also in Sri Lanka's Test squad for the series in Pakistan from 9 November.
So check each playing eleven at the toss. No Pakistani on these six pages is among the 14 named for the Sri Lanka Tests on 24 October. We could not read Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) permission letters for any player, because its site refused our connection.
- Check the fixture in the full schedule in Pakistan time.
- Look up your player's team in the lists above.
- Read the playing eleven on the official matches page at the toss.
- Check how teams reach the final once the table takes shape.
The flag column shows what each team page shows and nothing more. Yasin Patel, for instance, carries a Pakistan flag there, and we have not checked that against any other record.
Common questions
How many players are in each Abu Dhabi T10 2026 squad?
Eighteen, across six teams, which makes 108 players.
Who is the captain of United Tigers?
Fakhar Zaman, according to the league's release of 6 November.
Which team has the most Pakistani players?
UAE Bulls, with seven. United Tigers are next with six.
Which team has Naseem Shah?
Royal Desert Champions, captained by Nicholas Pooran.
Does any team have no Pakistani players?
Yes. Yas Lions have none on their official page.
Who are the defending champions?
UAE Bulls, as the official team page shows.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
We read the six team pages, starting with UAE Bulls, plus the league's captains release and draft release, on 7 November 2026. The counts are ours.
About the author
Senior Writer, Public Services and Technology
Shahid joined us in 2024 as an author. He is a senior contributor to Pakistan's leading technology websites. He writes detailed articles, mostly covering his expertise in the latest tech, mobiles, apps, gadgets, and step-by-step guides. His ideology is to help people understand the latest trends and explain complex methods through very easy-to-understand guides.
