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Desert Vipers have roped in Pakistan trio of Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Fakhar Zaman for the upcoming edition of the International League T20 (ILT20).<\/strong><\/p>\n The trio were bought for the base prices of $80,000 in the auction held at the ICC Academy on Thursday. Fakhar and Naseem have previously represented Vipers in the ILT20 while Babar will be featuring for the first time in the tournament.<\/p>\n The ILT20 2026 is scheduled to be held in UAE from 22 November to 20 December.<\/p>\n More than 200 players have from 23 countries have put their names forward for the auction, which also includes players from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Murugan Ashwin is the lone Indian in the mix, as current Indian players are not allowed to take part in the franchise leagues around the globe.<\/p>\n Besides Babar Fakhar and Naseem Shah, Usman Tariq, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Saim Ayub, Khushdil Shah, Maaz Sadaqat, Sahibzada Farhan have also entered the auction.<\/p>\n Players have been placed in three base-price brackets of $80,000, $40,000 and $10,000. Each team will have a total purse of $1.3 million with an additional amount from the $700,000 allocated for pre-auction signings.<\/p>\n In the auction, teams are allowed to have one Right to Match option (RTM) option on a UAE player who either played for them in season four or participated in the recently concluded ILT20 Development Tournament.<\/p>\n Each franchise must have between 18 and 23 players, including at least 11 from ICC Full Member countries. Of those, at least four must be from Afghanistan and one from Ireland.<\/p>\n Squads must also include at least four UAE players, one from Kuwait, one from Saudi Arabia and one additional player from an ICC Associate country, excluding those three nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n