Afghanistan Premier League

The Afghanistan Premier League (APL) (Pashto: د افغانستان غوره لیګ‎; Persian: لیگ برتر افغانستان‎), officially Gulbahar Afghanistan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 cricket franchise tournament run by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), held in the United Arab Emirates.[1][2] The first edition of the tournament took place between 5 and 21 October 2018 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium,[3] with up to forty overseas players were involved.[4][5] Five teams have been selected to compete, named after regions of Afghanistan.[6] In August 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved plans for the tournament.[7]

Not to be confused with Afghan Premier League.

Afghanistan Premier League (APL)
د افغانستان غوره لیګ
Countries Afghanistan
AdministratorAfghanistan Cricket Board
FormatTwenty20
First edition2018–19
Latest edition2018–19
Next edition2019–20
Number of teams5
Current championBalkh Legends (1st title)
Most successfulBalkh Legends (1 title)
Most runs Mohammad Shahzad (344)
Most wickets Isuru Udana (17)
Websitewww.aplt20.tv/

Teams
Location of Afghanistan Premier League teams
Team CityRegionDebutCoachCaptain
Balkh Legends Mazar-i-Sharif North 2018 Simon Helmot Mohammad Nabi
Kabul Zwanan Kabul Central 2018 Heath Streak Rashid Khan
Kandahar Knights Kandahar Southwest 2018 Kabir Ali Asghar Afghan
Nangarhar Leopards Jalalabad East 2018 Venkatesh Prasad Ben Cutting
Paktia Super Kings Khost, Loya Paktia Southeast 2018 Dawlat Ahmadzai Mohammad Shahzad

References
  1. "Afghanistan Premier League slated for October 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. "Afghanistan Cricket Premier League To Be Played In UAE". Tolo News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. "DSport to live broadcast APL 2018 in India". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. "BCCI unlikely to allow Indian players from participating in newly-launched Afghanistan Premier League". First Post. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. "Afghans ready with their version of T20 league". Times of India. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "Sharjah to host Afghanistan T20 League from October 5". Gulf News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. "ICC approves plans for Afghanistan Premier League". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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