Ahead of the upcoming edition of the DP World ILT20, defending champions, the Adani Sportsline-owned Gulf Giants have announced the players whom they will be retaining from the inaugural edition.

The Men's T20 World Cup got underway on Sunday with Group A clash between Sri Lanka and Namibia.

Carlos Brathwaite is currently competing in the Vitality T20 Blast in England. He is leading Birmingham Bears in the tournament

Carlos Brathwaite had a terrible debut day in English club cricket as he was dismissed for a golden duck, turned out to be his team's most expensive bowler and also had his car stolen.

Ravichandran Ashwin became the first player to be 'retired out' in the IPL, making way for a more attacking batter to accelerate the scoring, and pundits predict more teams will adopt the tactic.

England showed no desire to call it early, despite the day's remaining overs dwindling with the two holding fort.

Ben Stokes smashed 16 runs in an over off Carlos Brathwaite in a T20 Blast match between Durham and Warwickshire

West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite are among the seven players who were on Saturday retained by Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League 2021.

Carlos Brathwaite's signing comes less than a week after Mitchell Starc confirmed he would also be available for the side in the upcoming edition of the BBL.

Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis, Shahid Afridi and Carlos Brathwaite were among 23 star imports named Tuesday for the twice-postponed Lanka Premier League which will finally begin next month.