# 2018 Abu Dhabi T10

The 2018 Abu Dhabi T10 (formerly known as the 2018 T10 League) was the second season of the Abu Dhabi T10. The matches had a 10-over-a-side format with a time duration of 90 minutes. The tournament was played as a round robin followed by semifinals and the final. It was played from 21 November to 2 December 2018 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Three new teams, Sindhis, Rajputs and Northern Warriors, joined the tournament with the exclusion of Team Sri Lanka from last season.
Before the start of the tournament, Karachians changed their name to Sindhis after a Pakistan court order had objected to their title, citing a clash of identity with the Pakistan Super League team Karachi Kings.

## Squads

| Kerala Knights Coach: Daniel Vettori | Maratha Arabians Coach: Wasim Akram | Pakhtoons Coach: Dean Jones | Northern Warriors Coach: Robin Singh |
| Eoin Morgan (Icon Player, Captain) Sohail Tanvir Kieron Pollard Paul Stirling Dasun Shanaka Chris Gayle Junaid Khan Sandeep Lamichhane Tom Curran Fabian Allen Niroshan Dickwella Imran Nazir Benny Howell Wayne Parnell Reetinder Singh Sodhi Mohammad Naveed Abdul Shakoor Upul Tharanga Jonny Bairstow | Rashid Khan (Icon Player) Dwayne Bravo (Captain) Kamran Akmal Alex Hales James Faulkner Lasith Malinga Liam Livingstone James Vince Brendan Taylor Adam Lyth Roelof van der Merwe Najibullah Zadran Richard Gleeson Hazratullah Zazai Zahoor Khan Subramaniam Badrinath Amir Hayat | Shahid Afridi (Icon Player, Captain) Mohammad Irfan Liam Dawson Colin Ingram David Willey Colin Munro Andre Fletcher Sohail Khan Sharafuddin Ashraf Chadwick Walton Shapoor Zadran Gulbadin Naib Cameron Delport R. P. Singh Muhammad Kaleem Shair Wali Shafiqullah | Darren Sammy (Icon Player, Captain) Wahab Riaz Nicholas Pooran Andre Russell Dwayne Smith Ravi Bopara Rovman Powell Harry Gurney Chris Green Obed McCoy Lendl Simmons Khary Pierre Kennar Lewis Imran Haider Amitoze Singh Rahul Bhatia Hardus Viljoen |
| Punjabi Legends Coach: Mushtaq Ahmed | Sindhis Coach: Tom Moody | Bengal Tigers Coach: Stephen Fleming | Rajputs Coach: Herschelle Gibbs |
| Shoaib Malik (Icon Player) Luke Ronchi (Captain) Chris Jordan Liam Plunkett Evin Lewis Mohammad Sami Zahir Khan Umar Akmal Mitchell McClenaghan Tom Moores Anwar Ali Jade Dernbach Hasan Khan Praveen Kumar Shaiman Anwar Sandy Sandeep Phil Salt | Shane Watson (Icon Player, Captain) Anton Devcich Ben Laughlin Jofra Archer Colin de Grandhomme Ben Cutting Mohammad Nawaz Dawid Malan Fawad Ahmed Isuru Udana Joe Clarke Samiullah Shenwari Mohammad Irfan Denesh Ramdin Ahmed Raza Pravin Tambe Ghulam Shabber Thisara Perera | Sunil Narine (Icon Player) Sam Billings (Captain) Tamim Iqbal Jason Roy Sarfraz Ahmed Asif Ali Mujeeb Ur Rahman Morné Morkel Aamer Yamin Mohammad Nabi Kusal Perera Sherfane Rutherford Kevon Cooper Rayad Emrit Ali Khan Zaheer Khan Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman Luke Wright Riki Wessels | Brendon McCullum (Icon Player, Captain) Chris Lynn Rilee Rossouw Mohammad Shahzad Mohammad Hafeez Tymal Mills Carlos Brathwaite Rahat Ali Samit Patel Qais Ahmad Ben Dunk Shan Masood Peter Trego Rohan Mustafa Munaf Patel Ashfaq Ahmed Mohammad Amir Laurie Evans Oshane Thomas Karim Janat Sayed Shirzad |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Pakhtoons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.395 |
| 2 | Rajputs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.314 |
| 3 | Kerala Knights | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −0.113 |
| 4 | Sindhis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2.181 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Northern Warriors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.073 |
| 2 | Bengal Tigers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.295 |
| 3 | Maratha Arabians | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.642 |
| 4 | Punjabi Legends | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3.715 |

## Super league

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Northern Warriors (C) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.076 | Advanced to Qualifier |
| 2 | Pakhtoons | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.266 | Advanced to Qualifier |
| 3 | Maratha Arabians | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.638 | Advanced to Eliminator 1 |
| 4 | Bengal Tigers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.375 | Advanced to Eliminator 1 |
| 5 | Punjabi Legends | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −1.121 | |
| 6 | Rajputs | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.782 | |
| 7 | Kerala Knights | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −1.189 | |
| 8 | Sindhis | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −1.725 | |

## Playoffs
### Qualifier

* 1 December 2018 15:30 Scorecard
| Pakhtoons 135/5 (10 overs) | v | Northern Warriors 122/4 (10 overs) |
| Shahid Afridi 59* (17) Hardus Viljoen 3/26 (2 overs) | | Rovman Powell 80* (35) Mohammad Irfan 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Pakhtoons won by 13 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakhtoons)
* Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

### Eliminator 1

* 1 December 2018 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bengal Tigers 135/7 (10 overs) | v | Maratha Arabians 138/3 (9.1 overs) |
| Mohammad Nabi 46 (16) Dwayne Bravo 4/16 (2 overs) | | Alex Hales 87* (32) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/16 (2 overs) |
* Maratha Arabians won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Maratha Arabians)
* Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

### Eliminator 2

* 1 December 2018 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Maratha Arabians 72/8 (10 overs) | v | Northern Warriors 74/0 (5 overs) |
| Hazratullah Zazai 15 (7) Hardus Viljoen 3/6 (2 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 43* (16) |
* Northern Warriors won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Hardus Viljoen (Northern Warriors)
* Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd place playoff

* 2 December 2018 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Maratha Arabians 121/6 (10 overs) | v | Bengal Tigers 127/4 (9.1 overs) |
| Adam Lyth 52 (24) Ali Khan 2/22 (2 overs) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/22 (2 overs) | | Sherfane Rutherford 46 (21) James Faulkner 1/11 (1 over) Richard Gleeson 1/11 (1 over) |
* Bengal Tigers won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Bengal Tigers)
* Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 2 December 2018 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Northern Warriors 140/3 (10 overs) | v | Pakhtoons 118/7 (10 overs) |
| Rovman Powell 61* (25) Shahid Afridi 1/21 (2 overs) | | Andre Fletcher 37 (18) Chris Green 2/11 (2 overs) |
* Northern Warriors won by 22 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Rovman Powell (Northern Warriors)
* Pakhtoons won the toss and elected to field.