2020–21 Afghanistan Premier League

The 2020–21 Afghanistan Premier League was scheduled to be the second edition of the Afghanistan Premier League Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament.[1] Balkh Legends are the defending champions.[2][3]

2020–21 Afghanistan Premier League
Administrator(s)Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Participants5
Matches24
Official websitewww.aplt20.tv/

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in October 2019 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.[4] However, in September 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be postponed until 2020, due to payment issues and "risks for league's integrity".[5] In October 2020, the Afghanistan Cricket Board announced its plans to re-launch the tournament, with the possibility of it taking place in December 2020 or January 2021.[6]

References

  1. "BCCI turns down Afghanistan Cricket Board's request to host its T20 league APL in India". Firstpost. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. "BALKH LEGENDS CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF APL T20 2018". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. "The second season of Afghanistan Premier League T20! Five teams 24 matches One Winner This October ! #WeyarDaAfghanano #APLT20". Afghanistan Premier League T20 via Twitter. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. "Afghanistan Premier League postponed due to payment issues, 'risks for league's integrity'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. "Afghanistan plan to re-launch APL in December-January". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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