Global T20 Canada - Wikipedia

T20 cricket tournament in Canada Cricket tournament Global T20 Canada

Official logo
Countries	Canada
Administrator	Cricket Canada, National Cricket League (NCL) Canada
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2018
Latest edition	2024
Tournament format	Round-robin and playoffs
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Toronto Nationals (1st title)
Most runs	Rassie van der Dussen (699)
Most wickets	Sandeep Lamichhane (32)
Website	www.gt20.ca

Seasons
2018 2019 2023 2024

Global T20 Canada (GT20 Canada) is a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that is played in Canada.[1] The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing.[1] Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers in each squad, along with international players.[2] The inaugural tournament in 2018 took place at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario, while the 2019, 2023 and 2024 tournaments took place at the Brampton Sports Park in proximity to the TD Cricket Arena in Brampton, Ontario. The league was founded by Bombay Sports Limited.[3]

Cricket Canada announced the termination of their contract with Bombay Sports Limited on December 2024.[4] The rights to the GT20 were acquired by Dallas-based National Cricket League in April 2025.[5]

History

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctioned the tournament in February 2018, and it is the first fully sanctioned T20 league in North America outside of the Caribbean.[6] Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, was pleased with the ICC's decision to approve the league.[7]

In May 2018, Cricket Canada announced that the inaugural edition of the tournament would be held from 28 June to 15 July at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario[8] The Vancouver Knights won the tournament, beating West Indies B by seven wickets in the final.[9]

The inaugural 2018 season was benefitted by the international suspensions of Australian players David Warner and Steve Smith, who were ineligible to represent Australia, and decided to ply their trade in the domestic Canadian competition.

The 2019 league was held at the Brampton Sports Park grounds by TD Cricket Arena in Brampton, Ontario from 25 July to 11 August.[10] The second-round game between Montreal Tigers and Toronto Nationals on 7 August was delayed for two hours in a protest over unpaid wages; some pay issues dated back to the 2018 tournament. The protest occurred even though Toronto Nationals captain Yuvraj Singh's fundraiser for his YouWeCan Foundation, had been hosted two days earlier by League organizers.[3]

The third season of the tournament, scheduled to be held in 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 2021.[11] Originally planned to be played in Brampton,[12] it was later announced that it would be held from 24 June to 11 July 2021[13] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia due to ongoing pandemic restrictions in Canada.[14] Edmonton Royals were renamed as Surrey Jaguars.[15] The 2021 tournament was ultimately cancelled "due to evolving concerns regarding COVID-19 and strict preventive measures taken by the Government of Malaysia to contain the spread of the pandemic."[16]

The 2023 Global T20 Canada took place from 20 July to 6 August at the TD Cricket Arena by CAA Centre once again.[17]

The 2024 Global T20 Canada took place from 25 July to 11 August at the TD Cricket Arena by CAA Centre as well.

On December 2024, Cricket Canada terminated its agreement with Bombay Sports for breach of contract.[18] Cricket Canada president Amjad Bajwa claimed that "the organizers have often been late with their payments and we couldn’t carry on in this fashion. They always wanted us to obtain permission to set up the league for the following year before we received any back payment and I viewed this as a form of blackmail."[19] On March 18, 2025, in spite of the terminated agreement announcement by Cricket Canada, GT20 League director Karan Singh stated, "we will see you in Toronto in the summer. There are multiple things going on right now and we basically do not accept the cancellation. This has left a bad taste in the mouth as there hasn’t even been a courtesy call from their end. I cannot say anything more as our legal counsels in Canada and India are handling the matter."[20]

On April 14, 2025, Cricket Canada announced that they had awarded a long-term licensing deal to National Cricket League (NCL) Canada to operate the GT20 Canada tournament going forward.[21] With the change in partner, Mayor Patrick Brown told CBC Toronto's Here and Now in July 2025 that Global T20 Canada would not take place that year, but that he hoped for the tournament to return in 2026.[22]

Teams

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Team	Debut	Last
Edmonton Royals	2018	2019
Montreal Tigers	2018	2024
Toronto Nationals	2018	2024
Winnipeg Hawks	2018	2019
Vancouver Knights	2018	2024
West Indies B	2018
Brampton Wolves	2019	2024
Mississauga Panthers	2023
Surrey Jaguars	2023	2024
Bangla Tigers Mississauga	2024

Results

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Season	Final				Player of the series
	Winner	Winning margin	Runner-up	Venue
2018	Vancouver Knights 148/3 (17.3 overs)	Won by 7 wickets	West Indies B 145 (17.4 overs)	Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario	Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks)
2019	Winnipeg Hawks 192/8 (20 overs) 21/0 (super over)	Won super over by 5 runs	Vancouver Knights 192/6 (20 overs) 16/1 (super over)	TD Cricket Arena, Brampton, Ontario	JP Duminy (Winnipeg Hawks)
2023	Montreal Tigers 135/5 (20 overs)	Won by 5 wickets	Surrey Jaguars 130/5 (20 overs)	TD Cricket Arena, Brampton, Ontario	Sherfane Rutherford (Montreal Tigers)
2024	Toronto Nationals 97/2 (15 overs)	Won by 8 wickets	Montreal Tigers 96/9 (20 overs)	TD Cricket Arena, Brampton, Ontario	Junaid Siddique (Toronto Nationals)

Statistics

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Category	Statistic	Record holder	Value
Batting records	Most runs	Rassie van der Dussen	699
	Highest score	Sherfane Rutherford	134*
Bowling records	Most wickets	Sandeep Lamichhane	32
Fielding	Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Ben McDermott	10
	Most catches (fielder)	Rassie van der Dussen	19
Team records	Highest total	Vancouver Knights	276/3 vs. Montreal Tigers
	Lowest total	Toronto Nationals	52 vs. Montreal Tigers

Media

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Mediapro was appointed as "global consultant" for Global T20 Canada's media rights in 2019, handling aspects of world feed production and international distribution via its various regional subsidiaries. In 2019, the tournament's Canadian broadcast rights were held by Asian Television Network, with selected matches being televised by the mainstream sports channel TSN.[23] For the 2023 season, the broadcast rights were acquired by CBC Sports, with all matches streaming on CBC Gem, and the CBC Television broadcast network also carrying the championship match.[24]

Broadcasters for the 2023 season include:[25][26]

Location	Television broadcaster(s)	Streaming
Australia	Fox Cricket
Bangladesh	T Sports	T Sports App
Canada	CBC Television	CBC Gem
United Kingdom	Viaplay XtraSky Sports
India Nepal	Star Sports	Fancode
Middle East	beIN SportsEtisalat
Pakistan	A SportsGeo SuperPTV Sports
South Africa	SuperSport
United States	Willow	MAQ TV
Other regions	Kwesé Sports	DAZN

See also

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• Euro T20 Slam, another tournament organized by Bombay Sports

References

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1. ^ a b "Cricket Canada announces ICC-approved T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. ^ "ICC gives green light to Global T20 Canada League, Justin Trudeau wishes luck". Hindustan Times. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
3. ^ a b Penna, Peter Della (7 August 2019). "Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers refuse to take field over unpaid wages". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
4. ^ "Cricket Canada Announces Termination of Agreement with Bombay Sports Due to Breach of Contract". Cricket Canada. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
5. ^ Admin, W. P. (14 April 2025). "Cricket Canada Grants Long-Term License to NCL Canada to Operate GT20". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
6. ^ "ICC Gives Go Ahead To Global Twenty20 Canada". NDTV. Agence France-Presse. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
7. ^ "Justin Trudeau Pleased With ICC Approval For Canada's T20 League". News18. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
8. ^ "Cricket Canada's inaugural T20 league to begin in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
9. ^ "Chris Gayle-led Vancouver Knights win inaugural Global T20 Canada cricket title". The Globe and Mail. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
10. ^ "T20 cricket tournament returns to Brampton with hopes of surpassing 200M viewers worldwide". CTV News Toronto. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
11. ^ "Global T20 Canada Postponed". Cricket Canada. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
12. ^ "Event Calendar for Canadian Cricket, 2021". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
13. ^ "Event Calendar for Canadian Cricket, 2021". Cricket Canada. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
14. ^ Sharma, Jatin (7 April 2021). "Third season of Global Canada T20 league to be played in Malaysia". Circleofcricket.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
15. ^ "Welcome Surrey Jaguars". Global T20 Canada via Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
16. ^ GT20 Canada. "Announcement". Twitter.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
17. ^ GT20 Canada (16 May 2023). "Global T20 Canada Returns". GT20.ca. Retrieved 1 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
18. ^ "Cricket Canada Announces Termination of Agreement with Bombay Sports Due to Breach of Contract". Cricket Canada. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
19. ^ Norm Da Costa (18 March 2025). "Cricket Canada pulls plug on Global T20 League, now faces court cases". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
20. ^ Norm Da Costa (18 March 2025). "Cricket Canada pulls plug on Global T20 League, now faces court cases". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
21. ^ "Cricket Canada Grants Long-Term License to NCL Canada to Operate GT20". Cricket Canada. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
22. ^ Draaisma, Muriel (19 July 2025). "Brampton won't host international GT20 cricket tournament this year, mayor says". CBC News. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
23. ^ "Global T20 Canada League Appoints Mediapro as New Global Consultant". Sports Video Group. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
24. ^ Mann, Colin (25 July 2023). "CBC Sports airs Global T20 Canada". Retrieved 26 July 2023.
25. ^ "GT20 2023 Broadcast details". GT20 Canada Twitter. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
26. ^ "Cricket Canada to host GT20 2023 in July and August". Czarsportzauto. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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