ILT20 2022-23: MI Emirates makes big splash after ILT20 rule change, signs Lorcan Tucker, Craig Overton in 5 new additions

ILT20 2022-23: Mumbai India’s sister franchise MI Emirates have made a flurry of signings just weeks before the inaugural ILT20 season. After the organisers tweaked the rules to accommodate more players, MI Emirates confirmed 5 new signings on Wednesday. Ireland’s Lorcan Tucker joins English trio Craig Overton, Tom Lammonby and Daniel Mousely. WI’s U19 speedster McKenny Clarke also was handed a deal. Follow ILT20 2023 Updates with InsideSport.IN.

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ILT20 2022-23: MI Emirates makes big splash after ILT20 rule change, signs Lorcan Tucker, Craig Overton in 5 new additions – Check out

MI Emirates announced the signing of five dynamic young players before the start of the new season. The franchise signed English trio Craig Overton, Daniel Mousely and Thomas Lammonby. Additionally, Irish star Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) and WI pacer McKenny Clarke (West Indies) also join the set-up.

We are pleased to announce 🤚 exciting additions to our playing squad for the inaugural @ILT20Official season📋

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Overton
🇮🇪 Lorcan Tucker
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Lammonby
🇱🇨 McKenny Clarke
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Mousley

Welcome to the Family 💙#MIEmirates #OneFamily pic.twitter.com/56Y0bCPsnK

— MI Emirates (@MIEmirates) December 28, 2022

Reinforcing on Mumbai Indians’ philosophy of identifying, developing and nurturing young talents to unlock their true potential. The MI Emirates will give the players one of the finest platforms to express and explore their capabilities under the experienced players and also compete against some of the best international players.

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ILT20 2022-23: MI Emirates makes big splash after ILT20 rule change, signs Lorcan Tucker, Craig Overton in 5 new additions – Check out

Lorcan Tucker, Ireland, 26-year-old batter wicketkeeper has represented Ireland, Ireland A and Ireland U19s
McKenny Clarke, West Indies, 19-year-old plays A list cricket and has represented West Indies U19 squad
Daniel Mousley, a batting all-rounder from England who has represented his country in U19 team, made his first-class debut in July 2019
Thomas Lammonby, represented England U19 and has played in T20 leagues around the world
Craig Overton, England born bowling all-rounder is one of the fast-bowling twins who was selected in the England’s 2017-18 tour to Australia. He represented England, England U19 and more teams in his career so far

MI Emirates also recently signed four local UAE players Mohammed Waseem, Basil Hameed, Zahoor Khan and Vriitya Aravind for the much-awaited inaugural ILT20 season.

The young guns of MI Emirates will play alongside experienced international players with the franchise boasting of a star-studded squad. Kieron Pollard is captain alongside WI stalwarts Dwayne Bravo and Nicholas Pooran. Imran Tahir and Trent Boult are also part of the set up. Furthermore, they will train under the tutelage of Shane Bond (Head Coach), Parthiv Patel (Batting Coach), R Vinay Kumar (Bowling Coach) and James Franklin (Fielding Coach).

MI Emirates led by Kieron Pollard will play their first game on Saturday, 14th January, 7:30 p.m. IST at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi and the tickets for the game are available on https://abu-dhabi.platinumlist.net/miemirates.