# 2021–22 Abu Dhabi T10

The 2021–22 Abu Dhabi T10 was the fifth season of the cricket league Abu Dhabi T10. The matches had a 10-over-a-side format with a time duration of 90 minutes. The tournament was played from 19 November to 4 December 2021 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. A new team called The Chennai Braves was added in place of Maratha Arabians, Qalandars and Pune Devils.

## Squads

| Team Abu Dhabi Coach: Paul Farbrace | Chennai Braves Coach: Dougie Brown | Bangla Tigers Coach: Stuart Law |
| Liam Livingstone (icon, c) Obed McCoy Rohan Mustafa Naveen-ul-Haq Jamie Overton Paul Stirling Chris Gayle Marchant de Lange Colin Ingram Phil Salt Danny Briggs Fidel Edwards Mohammed Faraazuddin Ahmed Daniyal Chris Benjamin Noor Ahmad Muhammad Farooq Sheldon Cottrell Daniel Bell-Drummond | Yusuf Pathan (icon) Angelo Perera (c) Dasun Shanaka Nicholas Pooran Chamika Karunaratne Maheesh Theekshana Darren Bravo Munaf Patel Mark Deyal Migael Pretorius Curtis Campher Tion Webster Dhananjaya Lakshan Dushmantha Chameera Ravi Bopara Mohammad Shahzad Bhanuka Rajapaksa Laxman Manjrekar Khalid Shah Samiullah Shinwari Roman Walker Toby Albert Fareed Ahmad Shamarh Brooks Kevin Koththigoda Nuwan Pradeep Fabian Allen Muhammad Waseem Azam Khan Junaid Siddique Mark Adair | Faf du Plessis (icon) Andre Fletcher (c) Chirag Suri Johnson Charles Isuru Udana Qais Ahmad Shahid Afridi Mohammad Amir James Faulkner Benny Howell Hazratullah Zazai Will Jacks Sabir Rao Hassan Khalid Matheesha Pathirana Will Smeed Adam Lyth Mohammad Saifuddin Luke Wood Vishnu Sukumaran Tom Hartley Karim Janat Luke Fletcher |
| Deccan Gladiators Coach: Mushtaq Ahmed | Delhi Bulls Coach: Andy Flower | Northern Warriors Coach: Faisal Iqbal |
| Andre Russell (icon) Wahab Riaz (c) Tymal Mills Zahoor Khan Wanindu Hasaranga Evin Lewis Tom Banton Tom Kohler-Cadmore David Wiese Najibullah Zadran Odean Smith Rumman Raees Sultan Ahmed Naveed Ahmad Nav Pabreja Ryan Rickelton Anwar Ali Hamid Hassan Asif Khan Tom Moores | Jason Roy (icon) Dwayne Bravo (c) Shiraz Ahmed Sherfane Rutherford Rahmanullah Gurbaz Rilee Rossouw Eoin Morgan Ravi Rampaul Adil Rashid Dominic Drakes Romario Shepherd Sohaib Maqsood Hafeez-ur-Rehman Nyeem Young Fazalhaq Farooqi Akeal Hosein Devon Thomas Gulbadin Naib Jaskaran Malhotra Mohammad Hafeez Luke Wright Chandrapaul Hemraj | Chris Jordan (icon) Rovman Powell (c) Rayad Emrit Moeen Ali Imran Tahir Upul Tharanga Reece Topley Samit Patel Kennar Lewis Abhimanyu Mithun Kaunain Abbas Umair Ali Rameez Shahzad Josh Little Abdul Bangalzai Blessing Muzarabani Ross Whiteley Binura Fernando Yo Mahesh Gareth Delany Ansh Tandon Mark Watt Abdul Shakoor Oshane Thomas |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Deccan Gladiators (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2.596 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Delhi Bulls | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.047 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Team Abu Dhabi | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.595 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Bangla Tigers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.629 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Northern Warriors | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −1.472 | |
| 6 | Chennai Braves | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | −3.886 | |

## Playoffs
### Qualifier 1

* 3 December 2021 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Deccan Gladiators 139/4 (10 overs) | v | Delhi Bulls 122/5 (10 overs) |
| Andre Russell 39 (14) Dominic Drakes 3/15 (2 overs) | | Eoin Morgan 27 (8) Andre Russell 2/27 (2 overs) |
* Deccan Gladiators won by 17 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Odean Smith (Deccan Gladiators)
* Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

### Eliminator

* 3 December 2021 18:00 (N) Scorecard
| Bangla Tigers 101/4 (10 overs) | v | Team Abu Dhabi 105/3 (6.5 overs) |
| Hazratullah Zazai 66* (37) Fidel Edwards 2/20 (2 overs) | | Paul Stirling 57 (20) Benny Howell 2/22 (1.5 overs) |
* Team Abu Dhabi won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Team Abu Dhabi)
* Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

### Qualifier 2

* 3 December 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Bulls 109/7 (10 overs) | v | Team Abu Dhabi 60 (8.3 overs) |
| Romario Shepherd 26 (16) Liam Livingstone 2/7 (2 overs) | | Phil Salt 15 (6) Dominic Drakes 4/13 (2 overs) |
* Delhi Bulls won by 49 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Dominic Drakes (Delhi Bulls)
* Team Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd place playoff

* 4 December 2021 18:00 (N) Scorecard
| Team Abu Dhabi 98/5 (10 overs) | v | Bangla Tigers 98/6 (10 overs) |
| Colin Ingram 41* (24) Mohammad Amir 1/9 (1 over) | | Will Smeed 25* (13) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/11 (2 overs) |
* Match tied Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Team Abu Dhabi)
* Team Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Team Abu Dhabi were placed third for finishing above Bangla Tigers in the points table.

### Final

* 4 December 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Deccan Gladiators 159/0 (10 overs) | v | Delhi Bulls 103/7 (10 overs) |
| Andre Russell 90* (32) | | Chandrapaul Hemraj 42 (20) Tymal Mills 2/4 (2 overs) |
* Deccan Gladiators won by 56 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Deccan Gladiators)
* Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.