ILT20 Kuwait Cricket Partnership: Major Step Forward for Regional Cricket Development
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Fatima Saif
- . July 28, 2025
- . Update: July 28, 2025 7:29 pm
The International League T20 (ILT20) has revealed an upcoming big thing as the International League has made a new partnership with the Kuwait Cricket Board, and it is a historic development in the cricket world in the Gulf. Also, the ILT20 Kuwait Cricket alliance marks the first case in which a country is designated as a strategic alliance of the high-value game.
The ILT20 Kuwait cricket partnership deal was officially done with Dubai International Stadium and carries some major initiatives. The alliance will also create an annual domestic competition between the countries in Kuwait that would be similar to the ILT20 Gulf country Development Tournament. The event will offer the Kuwaiti players excellent chances to expose their talents and stand a chance of being absorbed by ILT20 franchises.
Khalid Al Zarooni, Chairman of ILT20 and Vice-Chairman of Emirates Cricket Board, also showed his enthusiasm regarding the ILT20 Kuwait cricket partnership. The partnership with the Kuwait Cricket Board will add considerable value to our league, and we are very proud to announce the same. Kuwait is a very important state to us, and we are looking forward to developing cricket all over the Gulf states, he indicated.
The combination will source and develop the skilled cricketer in Kuwait and also offer the best chance to the local players. Its new road map will have live matches of ILT20 Kuwait cricket being played in the country, so that the best cricket indeed comes right to the doorsteps of Kuwaiti spectators.
ILT20 Kuwait Cricket Partnership Opens Professional Career Paths for Local Players
This agreement of ILT20 Kuwait cricket, according to the President of Kuwait Cricket, Haider Farman, is historic in the history of Kuwait cricket. In that regard, this collaboration serves as the central component of the overall strategy of the league toward an expanded cricket presence on an international scale. “We are sure that cricket may become a strong bridge between our countries,” he said.
During a time when the Asian Games are to be held in Qatar in 2030 and Gulf countries in 2034, this ILT20 Kuwait cricket partnership is quite strategic. This partnership has placed the Kuwait cricket players in a good position to receive good world-class coaching as well as international exposure, as has been the case with the Gulf country players over the past years.
CEO of the ILT 20, David White, congratulated the vision of Kuwait Cricket as the ILT20 Kuwait alliance of cricket will lead the production of young cricketers in the Gulf region. He cited the example of marginalisation of the various cricket growing nations and cited the recent T20I series win of the Gulf country team over Bangladesh as an example of how ILT20 publicity helps in the upliftment of regional cricket.
Sajid Ashraf, the Director General of the Kuwait Cricket Association, highlighted the commercial prospects of the ILT20 Kuwait Cricket Association. Its collaboration will also present high chances of corporate affiliation and brand extension through the region, given the fact that there are already more than two million cricket-loving expatriates residing in a population of five million in Kuwait.
Season 4 of ILT20 will commence on December 2, Gulf country National Day, with the finale on January 4, 2026, and this season will run through 34 matches with 6 teams participating in it.
