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This time we have a bumper episode for you as we wrap up the ILT20 Development Tournament, the event that saw UAE players given the opportunity to showcase their talent before next month’s DP World ILT20 auction ahead of Season 5.

The side representing the Desert Vipers finished as runners-up for the second successive season, losing out in the final to the Gulf Giants team by four wickets.

Coming up we hear from Jack Luffman, the Desert Vipers’ Development Lead, who was head coach of the team at the Development Tournament, as well as Vriitya Aravind, who was captain of the side.

And we also hear from two of the Vipers squad who are part of the Desert Vipers’ Talent Pathway Programme (TPP) – Punya Bhatia and Ayaan Misbah. They give us their reflections on the value of the Development Tournament as part of their growth as players.

And there’s good news for Ayaan as he’s been named in the UAE senior squad for the first time off the back of the Development Tournament, for the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series event in the USA featuring not only the hosts but also Namibia, with those matches taking place in Dallas from October the 3rd to the 11th. Ayaan’s inclusion is a tremendous achievement for the 17 year-old batter and also a source of pride for the Vipers given Ayaan’s participation in the Talent Pathway Programme.

Ayaan becomes the second TPP player to be selected for a senior UAE side after Janani Thirukkumaran, who debuted for the women's national team in June of this year.

Also in the latest UAE men's squad are fast bowler Khuzaima bin Tanveer, such a key player for the Vipers in the title-winning DP World ILT20 Season 4, and former Vipers Ali Naseer and Tanish Suri.

A reminder, too, that the auction ahead of DP World ILT20 Season 5 takes place on Thursday the 1st of October in Dubai and we’ll be here, on Vipers Voices, afterwards, with all the reaction to the bidding and with details of who the Vipers will have in their squad as the franchise attempts to become the first team to defend the DP World ILT20 title.

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