INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced Monday fixtures for the eighth edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL) 2022, which is
scheduled to be held from July 18 to August 5 in Kabul.Eight star national players will be retained by their SCL teams, including Rashid
Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran.In the players& draft for the tournament, conducted on June 10, a total of 142 players,
national and uncapped, were drafted in five categories by the franchises, now numbering eight after the addition of two new franchises.The
players retained ahead of the draft were Rashid for Band-e-Amir Dragons; Gurbaz for Kabul Eagles, the defending champions; Najibullah Zadran
for Speenghar Tigers; Mohammad Shahzad for Mis Ainak Knights; Darwish Rasooli for Amo Sharks and Samiullah Shinwari for Bost Defenders.Two
new teams, Pamir Zalmi and Hindukush Stars, picked Shapoor Zadran and Hamid Hassan as their retained players respectively.Of these players,
Shahzad was retained in the highest category, Icon, as were ten others: Mohammad Nabi (Kabul Eagles), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Bost Defenders),
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Pamir Zalmi), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Hindukush Stars), Usman Ghani (Speenghar Tigers), Hazratullah Zazai (Hindukush Stars),
Asghar Afghan (Mis Ainak Knights), Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Dragons), Ihsanullah Janat (Amo Sharks) and Noor Ali Zadran (Pamir Zalmi).In
addition, two players have been drafted in the Diamond category by each franchise, three in Platinum, four in Golden, and six in the Silver
category.The Afghanistan Cricket Board said in a statement that &it&s fine to note that the SCL2022 is expected to be conducted from July 15
to August 2 in Kabul&. Kabul Eagles beat Mis Ainak Knights in the final the last time the tournament was played, in 2020, making it their
Mis Ainak Knights and Speenghar Tigers have also each won the tournament twice, while Band-e-Amir Dragons have won it once.The post ACB
announces Shpageeza Cricket League 2022 schedule first appeared on Ariana News.
