Ahead of the inaugural edition of UAE's International T20 League, the Mumbai Indians-owned MI Emirates have announced the players they have signed up so far.
The squad will be based in Abu Dhabi and includes a bunch of players, both past and present that have represented the five-time IPL champions.
The team includes renowned West Indian players in Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Nicholas Pooran along with Trent Boult, who recently turned his back on the New Zealand central contract.
Meanwhile, the local players from UAE will be added to the squad in the near future, according to the MI Emirates media release.
MI Squad till now: Kieron Pollard (West Indies), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Nicholas Pooran(West Indies), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Andre Fletcher (West Indies), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Samit Patel (England), Will Smeed (England), Jordan Thompson (England), Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan), Zahir Khan (Afghanistan), Fazalhaq Farooqui (Afghanistan), Bradley Wheal (Scotland), Bas De Leede (Netherlands)