Afghanistan cricketers may fly back to play their Shpageeza Cricket League:
After the resumption of cricket after COVID-19 lockdown, so many leagues are carried out at the same time, which has created new clashes, and cricketers have to handle the situation accordingly. For the same reason, six cricketers of Afghanistan including Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Mohammad Nabi could miss the last week’s action of 2020 CPL. They may fly back to take part in the T20 league of Afghanistan, Shpageeza Cricket League.
Six teams are featured in the Shpageeza Cricket League and it is scheduled to be started on 6th September and the finals will be commenced on 16th September. Whereas, the final match of CPL is scheduled to be held on 10th September. Previously, Shpageeza Cricket League was overlapping with the 2020 Indian Premier League, but later ACB (Afghanistan Cricket Board) prepone it.
ACB’s acting chief executive officer quoted “We have written a mail to Cricket West Indies. From CPL, we will have players on 5th September. They know it very well and just waiting for the details of flight so they will prepare to fly back.”
In the Shpageeza Cricket League, Mis-e-Ainak Knights is captained by Mohammad Nabi, Naveen, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman plays for Kabul Eagles and Rashid Khan represents Band-e-Amir Dragons. The 11-day tournament is consisting of 19 matches including 4 numbers of play-offs and the who league held at the Kabul international stadium.
Afghanistan Cricket Board is going through a financial crisis:
Actually, the purpose of staging this league is to promote cricket and sports in Afghanistan. It is becoming very much important to hold this tournament as ACB is going through a tough time and facing a massive financial crisis. In the month of May, the board had to cut the player’s pay as well as coaching staff by 50% because of funds shortage. Afghanistan has not staged any single match in the past 5-months.
