HONG KONG—With a lot of anticipation and excitement, the Hong Kong T20 Blitz is returning with its third season from Feb 6-11, 2018. The cricket tournament will take place at its staple stadium, Mission Road Cricket Ground, with the same five teams as the previous year: City Kaitak, Galaxy Gladiators Lantau, Hong Kong Island United, Hung Hom JD Jaguars, and Kowloon Cantons.
In the second season of the tournament, each of the five squads included five international players, many of whom were global superstars. The list of players that played in the second season of the tournament included: Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed Ajmal, Ian Bell, Kumar Sangakkara, Daren Sammy, Dwayne Smith, and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Of course, the foreign incumbents were also well supported by local talents such as Anshuman Rath, Nizakat Khan, and Nadeem Ahmed.