2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League


The 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League was the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament, held in the United Arab Emirates. It took place between 5 and 21 October 2018 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
In September 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they would not give No Objection Certificates to the active Pakistani players. In October 2018, the Bangladesh Cricket Board denied to give NOCs to Mohammad Mithun and Soumya Sarkar.
Balkh Legends won the title, after beating Kabul Zwanan by four wickets in the final.

Squads

The following squads were announced for the tournament:
Balkh LegendsKabul ZwananKandahar KnightsNangarhar LeopardsPaktia Panthers

  • Rashid Khan
  • Luke Ronchi
  • Hazratullah Zazai
  • Colin Ingram
  • Fareed Ahmad
  • Javed Ahmadi
  • Laurie Evans
  • Wayne Parnell
  • Shahidullah
  • Ali Khan
  • Muslim Musa
  • Afsar Zazai
  • Zahir Shehzad
  • Fitratullah Khawari
  • Shawkat Zaman
  • Usman Adil
  • Zamir Khan
  • Nasir Totakhil
  • Nijat Masood
  • Younas Ahmadzai
  • Asghar Afghan
  • Brendon McCullum
  • Paul Stirling
  • Najibullah Zadran
  • Karim Janat
  • Tymal Mills
  • Amir Hamza
  • Karim Sadiq
  • Sayed Shirzad
  • Mohammad Naveed
  • Waqar Salamkheil
  • Abdul Baqi
  • Waqarullah Ishaq
  • Waheedullah Shafaq
  • Nasir Jamal
  • Kevin O'Brien
  • Taskin Ahmed
  • Soumya Sarkar
  • Mohammad Mithun
  • Munir Ahmad
  • Riki Wessels
  • Ben Cutting
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman
  • Shafiqullah
  • Najeeb Tarakai
  • Mitchell McClenaghan
  • Rahmat Shah
  • Naveen-ul-Haq
  • Zahir Khan
  • Sandeep Lamichhane
  • Fazal Haque
  • Imran Janat
  • Khaibar Omar
  • Sayed Nasratullah
  • Fazal Niazai
  • Ibrahim Zadran
  • Andre Fletcher
  • Johnson Charles
  • Anton Devcich
  • Hashmatullah Shahidi
  • Nathan Rimmington
  • Mohammad Shahzad
  • Shahid Afridi
  • Cameron Delport
  • Sharafuddin Ashraf
  • Samiullah Shenwari
  • Chris Jordan
  • Luke Wright
  • Azmatullah Omarzai
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz
  • Zia-ur-Rehman
  • Calum MacLeod
  • Yousuf Zazai
  • Fazal Zazai
  • Ihsanullah
  • Sikandar Raza
  • Isuru Udana
  • Ziaur Rahman
  • Yamin Ahmadzai
  • Mohammad Sardar
  • Seekkuge Prasanna
  • Tahir Khan

    • Points table

  • The top four teams qualified for the [|playoffs]
  • Advanced to Semifinals

    League stage

    • The following fixtures were confirmed in September 2018.
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    Playoffs

    Semifinal 1

    Semifinal 2

    Final

    Statistics

    Most runs