Anudeep Chenthamara

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FULL NAME

Anudeep Chenthamara

TEAMS

Dubai Capitals

A development-pathway bowler

Anudeep Chenthamara is listed as a bowler, and his route to the Capitals squad ran through the ILT20 Development Tournament, where the six franchises run development sides and the best performers earn senior contracts. He was part of that system before Season 5, and the Capitals' decision to sign him again at the auction is the clearest sign of what the pathway is for: players who prove themselves in the development competition get a second look.

• Role: Squad member
• Team: Dubai Capitals
• Batting: TBC
• Bowling: TBC

Little about his game is published beyond the squad lists, and his batting and bowling styles are not confirmed in the records available — so this page does not guess at them. What is certain is the opportunity: a place in the champions' 22-man squad, training every day alongside Mustafizur Rahman, Noor Ahmad and Mark Adair, and a season in which a single good performance in the nets or a debut can change a career.

What Season 5 can do for him

For a development bowler, the value of a season is not only minutes on the field. Anudeep spends the tournament working with the Capitals' overseas pace and spin attack, learning how Mustafizur plans a death over and how Noor Ahmad reads a batter, and waiting for the match where the champions need a fresh bowler. Dubai Capitals play seven of their ten league matches at home in Dubai, so any chance he gets is likely to come on pitches he knows.

His route into the eleven runs through the bowling group: if the Capitals rest a seamer on a turning pitch, or if an injury opens a place, the development bowlers are first in line. The Capitals have shown before that they trust the pathway — Anudeep's continued presence in the squad is the evidence.

The local depth behind the overseas attack

Dubai Capitals' attack is built on overseas names, but the league's rules mean the UAE players in the squad matter just as much: every eleven needs its local core. Anudeep sits in that group with Aayan Afzal Khan, Zuhaib Zubair and Haider Ali, the bowlers who give the champions cover across spin and seam. It is a competitive group, and places in it are earned in training as much as in matches.

What’s next

The champions open at home, and for a development bowler the first weeks are about training standards: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on Sunday 22 November, in the evening in Dubai.

• Match 3 — vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Sunday 22 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 6 — vs Desert Vipers: Wednesday 25 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 8 — vs Sharjah Warriorz: Friday 27 November 2026, evening session, Sharjah.

Qualifier 1 is on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December in Sharjah, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

Every fixture, date and session is on the ILT20 Schedule page. SialTV will carry every result as it happens, with the points table updated after every match day.