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 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]
Countries | Afghanistan |
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Administrator | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2018 |
Latest edition | 2018 |
Tournament format | Double round-robin and Knockout |
Number of teams | 5 |
Current champion | Balkh Legends (1st title) |
Most successful | Balkh Legends (1 title) |
Most runs | Mohammad Shahzad (344) |
Most wickets | Isuru Udana (17) |
TV | List of broadcasters |
Website | aplt20.tv |
Team | City | Region | Debut | Coach | Captain | |
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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 | Shahid Afridi |
Season | Final venue | Final | Teams | Man of the Tournament | ||
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Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
2018 Details |
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Balkh Legends 138/6 (18.1 overs) |
Balkh Legends won by 4 wickets Scorecard |
Kabul Zwanan 132/9 (20 overs) |
5 | Rashid Khan (Kabul Zwanan) |
Team | Match | Win | Loss | Tied | Tied+W | Tied+L | NR | Win% |
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Balkh Legends | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.00% |
Kabul Zwanan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
Kandahar Knights | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00% |
Nangarhar Leopards | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.33% |
Paktia Panthers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.55% |
Last Updated: 5 May 2021 |