The second season of the Global T20 Canada is set to begin on July 25, with defending champions Vancouver Knights facing hosts Toronto Nationals. The tournament includes 22 matches, including three playoffs, and the final will take place on August 11.
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The league ends a week before the ICC Americas regional T20 qualifier-final, which will feature Canada players. The Global T20 league has been scheduled earlier this season - it had started in June last year - to avoid clashing with the Euro T20 slam, which will kick off at the end of August. Incidentally, Mercuri Group, owners of the GLT20 league, are also involved with the Euro T20 slam.
In the inaugural season, all games were played at at Maple Leaf cricket club in Toronto, and it is likely that all matches this season too will also be held at this venue.
The first season of the GL T20 Cananda included high-profile names like Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, David Warner, Steven Smith. The league also unearthed new stars like Rassie van der Dussen and Sherfane Rutherford, who have gone on to feature in various other T20 leagues.
Brian Lara, the brand ambassador of the league, welcomed the new season and said: "I was there to see the first edition of the league and was enormously impressed with the overall quality of cricket. Despite a few hiccups, Cricket Canada and GT20 team delivered an outstanding event.
"The hallmark of the event was a local boy Saad Bin Zafar winning the Man of the Match in the all-important finals in the presence of stars like Chris Gayle and Andre Russell. It proves that cricketers from these countries need these kinds of endeavours to prove their talent. I hope GT20 season two will take cricket to greater heights in the North America region."