Awais Ahmad

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Awais Ahmad

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Gulf Giants

A development bowler earns his place

Awais Ahmad's route to the Gulf Giants squad ran through the ILT20 Development Tournament, where the six franchises run development sides and the best performers earn senior contracts. The Giants' development side won that tournament, and several of its players — including Awais Ahmad, Sagar Kalyan and Haider Razzaq — were signed to the senior squad for Season 5. It is the pathway working as the league intended: perform in the development competition, earn a senior deal.

• Role: Squad member
• Team: Gulf Giants
• Batting: TBC
• Bowling: TBC

Little about his game is published beyond the squad and auction 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 a 23-man squad, training alongside Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph and Tabraiz Shamsi, and a season in which a single good performance can change a career.

A season to learn and wait

Awais will measure this season in what he learns, not only in what he plays. He spends the tournament working with the Giants' overseas attack, learning how Joseph plans a new-ball spell and how Shamsi reads a batter, and waiting for the match where the Giants need a fresh bowler. Six of the Giants' ten league matches are in Dubai, so any chance he gets is likely to come on a ground he knows from the development competition.

His route into the eleven runs through the bowling group: if the Giants rest a seamer on a turning pitch, or if an injury opens a place, the development bowlers are first in line. The franchise has shown it trusts the pathway — Awais's signing is the evidence.

The local depth behind the overseas attack

Gulf Giants' attack is built on overseas pace, but the league's rules mean the UAE players in the squad matter just as much: every eleven needs its local core. Awais sits in that group with Matiullah Khan, Dhruv Parashar and Haider Razzaq, the bowlers who give the Giants cover across seam and spin. Places in that group are won in training, not handed out with the squad list.

What’s next

The Giants open away from home, and for a development bowler the first weeks are about training standards: Sharjah Warriorz on Sunday 22 November, in the afternoon in Sharjah.

• Match 2 — vs Sharjah Warriorz: Sunday 22 November 2026, afternoon session, Sharjah.
• Match 5 — vs MI Emirates: Tuesday 24 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 10 — vs Dubai Capitals: Saturday 28 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.

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.

The full list of every ILT20 fixture is on the ILT20 Schedule page. Follow every result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.