17:40 Local Time, 13:40 GMT, 19:10 IST: Six teams, three venues, umpteen T20 stars and this competition will go on for close to a month. This should be fun. Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the opening match of the second season of the International League T20. Sharjah is set to host the tournament opener and it's Sharjah Warriors vs Gulf Giants. The Giants won the inaugural season and their core hasn't changed much. The Warriors finished fifth having won just three out of their 10 matches and they'll look to start this season on a bright note. Plenty of mini-battles to look forward to in this contest. We'll bring you all the action, stick around.

Squads:

Gulf Giants Squad: Chris Lynn, James Vince(c), Jordan Cox(w), Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Overton, Shimron Hetmyer, Richard Gleeson, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Usman Khan, Rehan Ahmed, Aayan Afzal Khan, Zuhaib Zubair, Sanchit Sharma, Jamie Smith, Dominic Drakes, Saurabh Netravalkar

Sharjah Warriors Squad: Martin Guptill, Johnson Charles, Tom Kohler-Cadmore(w), Joe Denly, Daniel Sams, Mark Deyal, James Fuller, Christopher Sole, Qais Ahmad, Chris Woakes, Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed, Muhammad Jawadullah, Nilansh Keswani, Mark Watt, Lewis Gregory