The 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League (also known as Gulbahar Afghanistan Premier League T20 2018) was the first edition of the

Afghanistan Premier League The Afghanistan Premier League (APL) ( ps, ; fa, ), 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 Emira ...

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(T20) franchise

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tournament, held in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. It took place between 5 and 21 October 2018 at the

Sharjah Cricket Stadium The Sharjah Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 240 ODIs up to December 2019. It was originally constructed in t ...

. In September 2018, the

Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Coun ...

(PCB) announced that they would not give

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s (NOCs) to the active Pakistani players. In October 2018, the

Bangladesh Cricket Board The Bangladesh Cricket board ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট বোর্ড; abbreviated as BCB) is the governing body of cricket in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board first became an associate member of the Inter ...

(BCB) denied to give NOCs to

Mohammad Mithun Mohammad Mithun ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মিঠুন; born March 3, 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first class in 2006/07 season for Sylhet Division. He plays for Sylhet Sunrisers in the Bangladesh Premier League. He ma ...

and

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar ( bn, সৌম্য সরকার; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batsman and the creator of the good looking " S ...

Balkh Legends The Balkh Legends ( ps, د بلخ اتلان ''Da Balkh Atalān''; fa, قهرمانان بلخ) are a franchise cricket team which participates in the Afghanistan Premier League (APL). They joined the APL as one of its original members in 2018. A ...

won the title, after beating Kabul Zwanan by four wickets in the final.

Squads

The following squads were announced for the tournament:

Points table

*The top four teams qualified for the

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* Advanced to Semifinals

League stage

The following fixtures were confirmed in September 2018. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Squads

Points table

League stage

Playoffs

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

External links