Muhammad Rohid

FULL NAME

Muhammad Rohid

TEAMS

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Rohid is a left-arm medium-fast bowler who bats right-handed, and he is one of the most valuable UAE players in the league. MI Emirates paid $140,000 for him before Season 4 — the fifth-most expensive UAE signing in the league's history — and he repaid them in the biggest game of the season.

Told ten minutes before the toss that he was playing in Qualifier 2, Rohid took 2 for 19, removing Brandon McMullen and Liam Livingstone, and MI Emirates reached the final. He has since become a UAE regular — three ODIs and 17 T20Is, and a place in the UAE squad for the T20 World Cup — and his ILT20 record stands at 22 wickets in 18 matches. The Knight Riders paid $95,000 for him at the Season 5 auction, and he is the kind of bowler who wins you a title.

Rohid was spotted in the ILT20 development tournament and signed by MI Emirates, where he learnt his trade alongside Trent Boult and Fazalhaq Farooqi. His breakthrough came in January 2024, when he dismissed Alex Hales with an unplayable inswinger in a game against Desert Vipers.

Since then he has become a UAE international, making his T20I debut in July 2025 against Kenya and playing in the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup. His ILT20 numbers are strong — 22 wickets in 18 games at an average of 15.77 — and his left-arm angle makes him a different threat from every other seamer in the Knight Riders squad. He has also played for Karachi Kings in the PSL and Toronto Nationals in Global T20 Canada.

The Knight Riders' pace attack has a clear shape. Jason Holder and Gulbadin Naib are the senior seam all-rounders, Amshi de Silva and Jakeem Pollard are the young quicks, and Rohid is the left-armer — the only one in the group.

That left-arm angle is his way into the eleven. Against right-hand-heavy top orders, a left-arm quick who swings the new ball is worth his weight, and Rohid has already proved he can do it in the biggest games. Six of the Knight Riders' ten league games are in Abu Dhabi, where the new ball has often swung early, and Rohid is the bowler the captain will turn to first.

Rohid faces his old side early: the Knight Riders play MI Emirates twice in five days, on 26 and 30 November, both in Abu Dhabi. The full list of every ILT20 fixture is on the ILT20 Schedule.

• Match 3 — Dubai Capitals: Sunday 22 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 7 — MI Emirates: Thursday 26 November 2026, evening session, Abu Dhabi.
• Match 11 — Sharjah Warriorz: Sunday 29 November 2026, afternoon session, Abu Dhabi.
• Match 13 — MI Emirates: Monday 30 November 2026, evening session, Abu Dhabi.
• Match 15 — Desert Vipers: Wednesday 2 December 2026, afternoon session, Abu Dhabi.
• Match 17 — Gulf Giants: Thursday 3 December 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 19 — Gulf Giants: Saturday 5 December 2026, evening session, Abu Dhabi.
• Match 24 — Sharjah Warriorz: Wednesday 9 December 2026, evening session, Sharjah.
• Match 27 — Desert Vipers: Saturday 12 December 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 30 — Dubai Capitals: Monday 14 December 2026, evening session, Abu Dhabi.
• Playoffs: Qualifier 1 on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

Follow every ILT20 result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.