The Worldwide League T20 Season 4 will start on Tuesday, 2 December – UAE Nationwide Day (Eid-Al-Etihad) with the six-team, 34-match event set to conclude with the ultimate on Sunday, 4 January 2026.
The most important T20 league within the Gulf area has moved out of its conventional January-February window because the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be performed in February-March 2026.
Chairman ILT20 and Vice-Chairman Emirates Cricket Board Khalid Al Zarooni: “We’re delighted to verify that the Worldwide League T20 Season 4 will start on the UAE Nationwide Day – Eid-Al-Etihad – which is among the most essential days on the UAE calendar.
“The UAE Nationwide Day is the day the place we have fun the United Arab Emirates which is residence to individuals from all over the world together with tens of millions of diehard cricket followers. It’s a actual honour for us to hitch the nation within the UAE Nationwide Day 2025 celebrations with the launch of the area’s largest T20 league – the ILT20 Season 4, on the identical day.”
The league CEO, David White, stated, “Following in depth discussions with all our stakeholders, we imagine the two December 2025 to 4 January 2026 event window is right for the Worldwide League T20 Season 4. The ICC Males’s T20 World Cup begins in early February, therefore it was essential for us to begin and end Season 4 properly earlier than the event as it’ll permit the gamers taking part in each the ILT20 and the T20 World Cup to organize for nationwide responsibility. As well as, we really feel that the December-January window will present the groups’ one of the best alternative to entry an even bigger pool of gamers.
“Season 3 was an enormous success with excellent broadcast and digital numbers because the followers loved a step-up within the high quality of cricket. The groups gave their absolute all throughout the massively aggressive 34-tournament matches which concluded with a nail-biting ultimate received by the Dubai Capitals within the final over of the match in entrance of a packed Dubai Worldwide Stadium. We at the moment are totally centered on making an excellent greater influence as we flip our consideration to Season 4.”
Additionally Verify: ILT20 2025 Stay Stats: Most Runs, Wickets, Fifties, A whole lot, Catches & Extra
ILT20’s Season 3 featured a few of the largest T20 stars together with; Nicholas Pooran, Sam Curran (participant of the event – crimson belt winner), Shai Hope (most runs within the event – inexperienced belt winner), Fazalhaq Farooqi (highest wicket-taker – white belt winner), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Holder, Alex Hales, Fakhar Zaman, Lockie Ferguson, David Warner, Rovman Powell, Dasun Shanaka, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, James Vince, Shimron Hetmyer, Tom Banton, Romario Shepherd, Tim Southee, Tim Seifert, Matthew Wade, Jason Roy, Adil Rashid and Adam Zampa.
The Dubai Capitals received the glittering trophy, edging out the Desert Vipers in an exhilarating ultimate which was performed in entrance of a full home on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Sunday, 9 February 2025.