APL 2018 – Afghanistan Premier League 2018 Schedule and Squads

The inaugural edition of Afghanistan Premier League 2018, a T20 tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, has been announced. The APL 2018 envisions to become the top domestic Twenty20 cricket league competition for Afghanistan. The first edition, as announced by the ACB, will be played in the United Arab Emirates in October this year

The Afghanistan Premier League (APL T20) will feature twenty-three matches to be played between 5 and 23 October 2018 in Sharjah. There are reports of over forty overseas players joining the league featuring big names around the international T20I circuit.

APL 2018 Schedule

Date	Time	Match
5 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Paktia Royals
6 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Kandahar Kings vs Nangarhar Leopards
6 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Kabul
7 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Nangarhar Leopards vs Paktia Royals
7 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legend vs Kandahar Kings
9 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Nangarhar Leopards
10 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Paktia Royals
11 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Kandahar Kings
11 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Nangarhar Leopards
12 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Kandahar Kings vs Paktia Royals
12 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Nangarhar Leopards
13 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Paktia Royals
13 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kandahar Kings vs Nangarhar Leopards
14 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Kabul
14 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Nangarhar Leopards vs Paktia Royals
16 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Kandahar Kings
17 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Nangarhar Leopards
17 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kandahar Kings vs Paktia Royas
18 October 2018	16:00 (D/N)	Balkh Legends vs Kandahar Kings
18 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Kabul vs Paktia Royals
19 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Semi Final 1
20 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Semi Final 2
21 October 2018	20:00 (D/N)	Final

All times are Local / UAE

Venue for all matches: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Aghanistan Premier League 2018 Players Draft

The Afghanistan Permier League player draft is in progress. We bring you live updates from the players draft 2018: 

Icon Players

Shahid Afridi - Paktia.
Rashid Khan - Kabul. 
Chris Gayle - Balkh. 
Andre Russell - Nangarhar 
Brendon McCullum - Kandahar

Players drafted in the Diamond category

- Thisara Perera (Paktia) - Mohammad Shehzad (Paktia) - Tamim Iqbal Khan (Nangarhar) - Mujeeb ur Rahman (Nangarhar) - Colin Munro (Balkh) - Mohammad Nabi (Balkh) - Luke Ronchi (Kabul) - Hazrat Zazai (Kabul) - Wahab Riaz (Kandahar) - Asghar Stanikzai 

Overseas Players drafted in the Gold category

- Paul Sterling ( Kandahar) - Ravi Bopara (Balkh) - Colin Ingram(Kabul) - Ben Cutting(Nangarhar) - Cameron Delport (Paktia) 

Players picked in the first round of the Gold category for Afghan Players

1- Najib Zadran ( Kandahar) 2- Farid Malik (Kabul) 3- Aftab Alam (Balkh) 4- Shafiqullah Shafaq (Nangarhar) 5- Sharafuddin Ashraf (Paktia ) 

Players picked in the final round of the Gold Category for Afghan Players

1. Karim Janat ( Kandahar) 2. Javed Ahmadi (Kabul) 3. Gulbadin Naib (Balkh) 4. Najib Tarakai (Nangarhar) 5. Samiullah Shinwari (Paktia) 

Players picked in the first round of the Silver Category for overseas players.

1. Sohail Tanveer (Kabul)
2. Mohammad Irfan (Balkh)
3. Mitchell McClenaghan (Nangarhar)
4. Tymal Mills (Kandahar)
5. Chris Jordan (Paktia)

APL Draft 2018 - Player Prices

The prices for different Categories in the APL Players' Draft are as follows: 

I: Icon Category - $100,000 

II: Diamond Category
a. Afghan Players - $60,000
b. Overseas players- $75,000 

III: Gold Category
a. Afghan Players- $40,000
b. Overseas Players – 50,000

IV: Silver Category
a. Afghan Players- $20,000
b. Overseas Players- $30,000

V: ICC Associate Players Category ($15000)

VI: Emerging Players Category ($10,000)

APL 2018 Teams

Overall five teams are scheduled to take part in the APL 2018. The teams are based on the five Afghanistan provinces.

APL 2018 schedule (Afghanistan Premier League 2018 Schedule)

The APL 2018 schedule has been announced.

Further details (fixtures) would be updated here as soon as they are announced.

APL 2018 squads (Afghanistan Premier League 2018 squads)

The Afghanistan Premier League squads are as under: 

APL 2018 squad for Balkh

Chris Gayle (Icon Player), Colin Munro, Mohammad Nabi, Ravi Bopara, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Irfan, Ben Laughlin, Kamran Akmal, Qais Ahmad, Usman Ghani, Ikram Ali Khil, Ryan ten Doeschate

APL 2018 squad for Kabul

Rashid Khan (Icon Player), Laurie Evans, Javed Ahmadi, Farid Malik, Colin Ingram, Luke Ronchi, Hazrat Zazai, Sohail Tanvir, Wayne Parnell, Shahidullah Kamal, Muslim Musa, Laurie Evans, Afsar Zazai, Mohammad Asghar Hotak

APL 2018 squad for Kandahar

Brendon McCullum (Icon Player), Sam Billings, Karim Janat, Najib Zadran, Paul Sterling, Wahab Riaz, Asghar Stanikzai, Tymal Mills, Iftikhar Ahmad, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Naveed

APL 2018 squad for Nangarhar

Andre Russell (Icon Player), Mushfiqur Rahim, Najib Tarakai, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Ben Cutting, Tamim Iqbal, Mujeeb Zadran, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahmat Shah, Naveen ul Haq, Zahir Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane

APL 2018 squad for Paktia

Shahid Afridi (Icon Player), Faheem Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Cameron Delrport, Thisara Perera, Mohammad Shahzad, Chris Jordan, Luke Wright, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Faheem Ashraf, Zia ur Rahman Akbar, Calum McLeod