Pollard, Waseem and Jordan selected: ILT20 team of the tournament

First season concluded on Sunday evening with Gulf Giants beating Desert Vipers in the final

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  1) Alex Hales (Desert Vipers) Went cold just at the wrong point, but the leading run-scorer’s blockbusting opening pairing with Rohan Mustafa will be one of the salient memories of the first ILT20 season. Pankaj Nangia / CREIMAS

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  2) Muhammad Waseem (MI Emirates) Predictably, given his excellence in T20 international cricket to date, Waseem was the outstanding UAE player in the competition. AFP

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  3) James Vince (Gulf Giants) Missed out on the green belt for the leading run-getter to Hales by 30 runs. Led from the front for the champions. Vipin Pawar / CREIMAS

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  4) Nicholas Pooran (MI Emirates) Averaged 50 and had a strike-rate of 142.57, which is about standard for the T20 titan. Deepak Malik / ILT20 / CREIMAS

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  5) Rovman Powell (Dubai Capitals) Oddly removed as captain of the Capitals with a game to go in the league phase, despite being by far their most prolific batter. ILT20

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  6) Kieron Pollard (MI Emirates) More sixes – 29 – than fours – 27. More than a quarter of the 205 balls he faced in the competition were sent to the boundary. AFP

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  7) David Wiese (Gulf Giants) Does everything. Crucial runs, one of the leading wicket-takers, and took a brilliant catch at a crucial stage in the final. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  8) Wanindu Hasaranga (Desert Vipers) All class, as shown in the final with his valiant counter-attacking half-century. The Giants were not home until they had seen the last of Hasaranga with the ball. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  9) Chris Jordan (Gulf Giants) Hailed as Chris “White Belt” Jordan for much of the final throes of the event, given that was the prize for the leading wicket-taker. He ended with 20. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  10) Sheldon Cottrell (Desert Vipers) The Jamaican took 12 wickets, with an economy rate of under seven. All his opponents were happy merely to see him off. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  11) Junaid Siddique (Sharjah Warriors) Never shirks a fight, even on the biggest stage, as he showed with one very brave send off of Kieron Pollard. AFP

The inaugural DP World International T20 League reached its conclusion at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday evening, when the Gulf Giants were crowned the tournament's first champions.

West Indies star Carlos Brathwaite led the way in the final against the Desert Vipers as the Giants claimed a comfortable seven-wicket victory.

It capped the end of the UAE's first, fully-fledged T20 competition and provided a fitting end to the ILT20's debut season.

Reflecting on the competition as a whole, Paul Radley has provided his team of the tournament in the photo gallery above. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or swipe if using a mobile device.