90 players ready for APLT20
dubai — Ninety players including icon players Shahid Afridi, Rashid Khan, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Brendon McCullum from 15 cricket playing countries will play in the inaugural Afghanistan Premier League T20 (APLT20), a press release said.
As many as 23 matches will be played in the first season which will be played in Sharjah (October 5-23). The draft saw five teams representing five regions of Afghanistan — Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Paktia and Balkh — pick 90 players from over 400 players.
Each team comprises of a minimum of 17 players and a Maximum of 20 Players. Teams:
Paktia: Shahid Afridi, Thisara Parera, Cameron Delport, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Samiullah Shenwari, Chris Jordan, Faheem Ashraf, Luke Wright, Amatullah Omerzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Zia-ur-Rehman, Calum MacLeod, Tahir Adil, Yousaf Zazi and Ihsan Janat.
Kabul: Rashid Khan, Luke Ronchi, Hazrat Zazai, Colin Ingram, Fareed Ahmad, Javed Ahmadi, Sohail Tanveer, Laurie Evans, Wayne Parnell, Shahidullah, Muslim Musa, Afsar khan Zazi, Muhammad Ashan Ali Khan, Zahir Shirzad, Fitrat Khawry, Adil Rashid, Shawkat Zaman, Nasir Totakhil and Zamir Khan.
Balkh: Chris Gayle, Colin Munro, Mohammad Nabi, Ravi Bopara, Aftab Alam, Gulbadi Naib, Mohammad Irfan, Ben Laughlin, Karman Akmal, Qais Ahmed, Usman Ghani, Ikrain Alikhil, Ryan Neil Ten Doeschate, Tariq STanikai, Asadullah Matani, Samiullah Salarzai, Farhan Zakhil, Mohammad Nawaz and Darwish Rasoli.
Nangarhar: Andre Russell, Tamim Iqbal, Mujeeb Zadran, Ben Cutting, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Najibullah Taraki, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahmat Shah, Naveen Ul Haq, Zahir Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Fazal Haq, Imran Janat, Nasratullah Quarishi, Khyber Omar, Ibrahim Zadran and Faal Nazai.
Kandahar: Brendon McCullum, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Asghar Afghan, Paul Stirling, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Tymal Soloman Mills, Sam Billings, Iftkhar Ahmed, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadeq, Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Naveed, Waqar, Abdul Baqi, Waheed Shafaq, Waqarullah Ishaq and Nazir Jamal.