The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the International League T20, a men's Twenty20 league hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board.^[2] The franchise is owned by the Knight Riders Group, a sporting subsidiary alliance between the Red Chillies Entertainment and the Mehta Group. ^[3] Their home ground is the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

In August 2022, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced the establishment of the International League T20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi, were put up on auction in UAE in September 2022. The Abu Dhabi franchise was purchased & revealed by Kolkata Knight Riders, part of Knight Riders Franchise. The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023, through their social media handles.

The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi (with the two ends of the crease called the North End and the Pavilion End) is serving as the home ground of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. It is operated by the Emirates Cricket Board and is the third-oldest cricket stadium in the country. It is also the second-largest stadium in the United Arab Emirates in terms of crowd capacity with the stadium having over 20,000 seats. In 2021, The stadium hosted some matches of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the tournament was shifted to UAE after the original hosts India were unable to host the tournament due to the outbreak of second-wave of COVID-19 among the whole country. The stadium also served as the home ground for the Kolkata Knight Riders during the 2020 and 2021 editions respectively.

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
Alishan Sharafu	United Arab Emirates	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Laurie Evans	England	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Charith Asalanka	Sri Lanka	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-Keepers
Michael Pepper	England	Right-handed	—
Joe Clarke	England	Right-handed
Andries Gous	United States	Right-handed
Philip Salt	England	Right-handed
All-rounders
Sunil Narine (c)	West Indies	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Jason Holder	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Andre Russell	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
David Willey	England	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Kyle Mayers	West Indies	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Roston Chase	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Ali Khan	United States	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Adhitya Shetty	United Arab Emirates	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Gudakesh Motie	West Indies	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ibrar Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Shahid Bhutta	United Arab Emirates	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Sufiyan Muqeem	Pakistan	Left-handed	Left-arm chinnaman
Terrance Hinds	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Trinbago Knight Riders (Men's)
• Los Angeles Knight Riders
• Trinbago Knight Riders (Women's)