Hyderabad:Afghanistan’s Shpageeza Cricket League is set to kick-start on Sunday. In the tournament opener defending champions Mis Ainak Knights would take on Band-e-Amir Dragons.
Earlier on Friday, Afghanistan Cricket Board's interim chief executive Nazim Zar Abdulrahimzai said that they had rescheduled the upcoming edition of their domestic league in order to accommodate the Indian Premier League 2020.
The tournament starts on September 6 and the final will be played on September 16. Earlier, it was slated to start from September 13 and the final was scheduled on September 26.
Much like any other sports event, all the COVID related protocols would be followed in Shpageeza Cricket League.
All matches of Afghanistan’s Shpageeza Cricket League would be played in Kabul.
All times local (GMT +4.30):
September 6
Band-e-Amir Dragons v Mis Ainak Knights (1.30 pm)
September 7
Amo Sharks v Speen Ghar Tigers (9.30 am)
Kabul Eagles v Boost Defenders (2 pm)
September 8
Kabul Eagles v Mis Ainak Knights (9.30 am)
Band-e-Amir Dragons v Boost Defenders (2 pm)
September 9
Amo Sharks v Band-e-Amir Dragons (9.30 am)
Ainak Knights v Speen Ghar Tigers (2 pm)
September 10
Boost Defenders v Speen Ghar Tigers (9.30 am)
Kabul Eagles v Amo Sharks (2 pm)
September 11
Band-e-Amir Dragons v Speen Ghar Tigers (9.30am)
Boost Defenders v Ainak Knights (2 pm)
September 12
Kabul Eagles v Band-e-Amir Dragons (9.30 am)
Amo Sharks v Ainak Knights (2 pm)
September 13
Kabul Eagles v Speen Ghar Tigers (9.30 am)
Amo Sharks v Boost Defenders (2 pm)
September 14
Qualifier 1 - 3rd v 4th (9.30 am)
Eliminator - 1st v 2nd (2 pm)
September 15
Qualifier 2 - loser qualifier 1 v winner eliminator (1 pm)
September 16
Final - winner eliminator v winner qualifier 2 (1 pm)
Full squads:
Kabul Eagles:
Saminullah Shinwari (retained), Rahamnullah Gurbaz (icon player), Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq (diamond), Azmatullah Omarazai, Riaz Hassan, Fazmanullah Safi, Zia ur Rehman Akbar, Sediqullah Atal, Younus Ahmadzai, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Ishaq Rahimi, Ihsanullah Ihsan, Abdullah Naib, Rahim Mangal, Nijat Masood, Rahmanullah Zadran
Mis-e-Ainak Knights:
Muhammad Nabi (retained), Mohammad Shahzad (icon player), Najeebullah Tarakia, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Shahidullah Kamal, noor Ahmad Lakanwal, Abdul Rahman, Sadiqullah Pacha, Dawlat Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Ibrahim Khan, Bahar Ali Shinwari, Abid Taniwal, Abdullah Mazari, Abdul Baqi, Popal, Jamshid Khan, Ghamai Zadran
Boost Defenders:
Gulbadin Naib (retained), Karim Janat (icon player), Humza Hotak, Rahmat Shah, Ehsanullah Janat, Syed Ahmad Shirzad, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Munir Ahmad Kakar, Tahir Adil, Saleem Safi, Waqarullah Ishaqzai, Imran Janat, Nisar Wahdat, Mohammad Alam, Ghulam Dastiger, Naseebullah Sherdali, Zia ul Haq Eashkil
Amo Sharks:
Juma Gul Miakhil (retained), Javed Ahmadi (icon player), Yousuf Zazai, Farhan Zakhail, Farhid Malik, Murad Muradi, Shawkhat Zaman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zahid Zakhail, Hayatullah Nasiri, Darwish Rasooli, Batin Shah, Fitraullah Khawri, Qasim Oryakhil, Abdul Wasi, Nasratullah Quraishi, Imran Mohammadi
Speen Ghar Tigers:
Najibullah Zadran (retained), Qais Ahmad (icon player), Aftab Alam, Kareem Khan Sadiq, Shabeer Noori, Fazal Zazai, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Waheedullah Shafaq, Abdullah Adil, Nasir Omar, Rahmatullah Sahak, Parwiz Malikzai, Baheer Shah Mahboob, Zubaid Akbari, Zahir Shehzad, Majeeb Alam
Band-e Amir Dragons:
Rashid Khan (retained), Asghar Afghan (icon player), Sharafudin Ashraf, Hanid Hassan, Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Tarik Stanikzai, Mirwais Ashraf, Waqarullah Salamkhil, Nasir Jamal, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Sardar, Ibrahim Abdurrahimzai, Wafadar Momand, Ikram Alikhil, Imran Mir, Parwin Amin
