George Garton announced as fifth Sussex player in Abu Dhabi T10

George Garton will play for Bangla Tigers in the forthcoming Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, the team has announced.

George is the fifth Sussex player to be selected for the fourth edition of the ten-over-a-side competition that runs from Thursday 28th January until Saturday 6th February.

🙌 THE SHOWSTOPPER 🙌

Our latest signing from England, George Garton was the highest wicket-taker in the 3rd season of T10 League with 12 wickets in 9 matches. 😍

With even better ambition and aggression, Garton is ready to hunt with Bangla Tigers this season. pic.twitter.com/y7FXd1fp2V

— Bangla Tigers (@BanglaTigersT10) January 24, 2021

The left-arm quick joins Chris Jordan, Phil Salt, David Wiese and Luke Wright at the tournament. Luke was announced as Team Abu Dhabi’s captain over the weekend.

From the #TeamAbuDhabi camp: #LukeWright to lead the team as #RohanMustafa will be his deputy. #AbuDhabiT10 @gulf_news @GBGulf1 https://t.co/71ZNc3Qj0z

— Gulf News Sport (@GulfNewsSport) January 24, 2021

George was the leading wicket-taker in the third edition of the Abu Dhabi T10, which took place in November 2019.