A player draft took place on 3 June 2018. Ahead of the draft, the following ten international cricketers were named as marquee players: Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Chris Lynn, Lasith Malinga, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Steve Smith. Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada
Teams
Vancouver Knights (From): Chris Gayle(c), Andre Russell, Evin Lewis, Tim Southee, Chadwick Walton(w), Fawad Ahmed, Babar Hayat, Sheldon Cottrell, Saad Bin Zafar, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Srimantha Wijeratne, Kamau Leverock, Steven Jacobs, Salman Nazar, Rassie van der Dussen, Jeremy Gordon
Toronto Nationals (From): Darren Sammy(c), Steven Smith, Kieron Pollard, Kamran Akmal(w), Hussain Talat, Rumman Raees, Nikhil Dutta, Johnson Charles, Kesrick Williams, Naveed Ahmad, Farhan Malik, Usama Mir, Rohan Mustafa, Nitish Kumar
Toronto Nationals v Vancouver Knights
29/06 – 02:00 AM +06
1st Match, Round 1, Global T20 Canada at King City, Jun 28 2018
TOSS: Vancouver Knights
MATCH: Vancouver Knights