These players will miss Afghanistan Premier League

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) denied the request of the players to feature in the Afghanistan Premier League starting October 5 as quoted by a renowned media house of Pakistan. The board has refused to provide No Objection Certificate to the players which is needed to take part in the league.

Players like Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Kamran Akmal and Iftikhar Ahmed requested PCB again to look out the decision once again, but the board remained unshaken.

Later on, PCB made some changes on their headstrong decision and granted permission to the retired players; still, professionally active members are not allowed to take part.

The decision impacted the players who are active but are not in the national team like Tanvir, Irfan, Akmal while Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz and Faheem Ashraf will be on the national duty.

Who is the only Pakistani player to feature in the Afghanistan Premier League?

Former Pakistani captain and legendary cricketer Shahid Afridi is the only free bird who will be taking part in the naïve league. He will be the only player from Pakistan participating in APL as well.

Twitter reactions:

Kamran Akmal, M.Irfan, Sohail Tanvir & Iftikhar Ahmed have again requested PCB to grant them NOC for Afghanistan Premier League but PCB is staunch on its decision.

PCB only granted NOC to retired players to play #APLT20 for which Shahid Afridi has been given NOC.??? #cricket

— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) October 2, 2018

Here are logos of the five participating teams in Afghanistan Premier League 2018.#APLT20 #WeyarDaAfghanano #AfghanCricket pic.twitter.com/r0jwWXoPUB

— Afghanistan Premier League T20 (@APLT20official) October 1, 2018

https://twitter.com/SAfridiAFGFans/status/1047771228457656320

Shahid Afridi was pictured by media while boarded the flight to UAE and an Afghanistani fan shared his update on Twitter.

Indian connection!

Former Indian bowling coach and a great player Venkatesh Prasad is asked to coach the Nangarhar Leopards, and he accepted the proposal other than Venkatesh Prasad, another Indian celebrity Zareen Khan will grace the league by performing in the opening ceremony.

Guess who’s going to grace the opening ceremony of the Afghanistan Premier League? None other than the gorgeous @zareen_khan Surely, it’s going to be a night to remember! #APLT20 #WeyarDaAfghanano pic.twitter.com/DMoTaH9hKh

— Afghanistan Premier League T20 (@APLT20official) October 2, 2018

Afghanistan Premier League is all set to roar from October 5 in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE. The league has five teams namely Paktia Panthers, Kabul Zwanan, Nangarhar Leopards, Kandahar Knights and Balkh Legends which will play 23 matches. The Tournament will bids adieu on 21 October.  It is the sixteenth franchise league of the T-20 format in the world right now.