The format of the Kashmir Premier League is T20 and organized by Pakistan Cricket, Kashmir Premier League 2023 is expected to be held in august 2023. Board Kashmir Premier League also known as KPL is a T20 cricket league that Pakistan Cricket Board started in the year 2021. The aim of this League was to tell the world about the importance of Kashmir and to show the world the talent that the youth holds. The League could be considered a landmark for the people of Kashmir as it will grab the world’s attention towards this region. They wanted to promote the concept of peace and unity in this region
The very first season comprises six teams in total and the matches were held between August 6 to August 17 in the Muzaffarabad region of Azad Kashmir. Kashmir Premier League 2023 teams of the tournament are listed as follows:
Bagh Stallions
Mirpur Royals
Muzaffarabad tigers
Rawalakot hawks
Kotli Lions
Overseas Warriors
Jammu Janbaz
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi is the official brand Ambassador of this League. KPL’s official anthem was also sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali khan and it was released on 6 February 2021 and was named “The Azadi Anthem”. On social media, the league was promoted with the hashtags #KheloAzadiSe.This is also the anthem of Kashmir Premier League 2023. The final of the league was played between Muzaffarabad tigers and Rawalakot Hawks. Hawks Defeated Tiger by 8 runs and became the first team to earn the title of the champion of KPL 2021. The rights of broadcasting of the League were given to Trans Group and Blitz Advertising.
All the Umpires of the League were of Pakistani Origin names as Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz, Muhammad Sajid, and a few others.
Kashmir Premier League stats 2023:
Kashmir Premier League Most run 2023:
Sharjeel Khan, the payer of Mirpur Royals, made the most runs in the tournament.
He scored 296 runs in Six innings.
kpl 2023 most wickets:
The mostwickets were occupied by Salman Irshad, the player of Mirpur Royals. He took 16 Wickets in 7 innings.
Hussain Talat from Rawalakot Hawks was awarded as the best player of the tournament.
Asif Afridi from Rawalakot Hawks was awarded as the best bowler of the tournament.
Zeeshan Ashraf from Muzaffarabad Tigers was awarded as the best batsman of the tournament.
Muhammad Waseem from Muzaffarabad Tigers was Awarded as the best fielder of the tournament.
Players were also selected for a dream team and including Ahsan Ali, Shahid Afridi, Shan
Masood, Anwar Ali, Hussain Talat, Asif Afridi, Salman Irshad, and Zaman Khan. The League has come back again in the year 2023. It was a tough competition between the players and now all the players are ready for Kashmir Premier League 2023.
Kashmir Premier League 2023 Schedule:
The third season of the league is expected to be scheduled to start at the start of August and end in the mid of August but due to respect for the holy month of Muharram, some changes have been made.
After PSL now people are looking and excited for Kashmir Premier League 2023. Now the Kashmir Premier League 2023 is expected to start in the mid of August and the final will be held at the end of August. A total of 25 matches are planned according to the schedule. The Qualifier and Eliminator 1 are scheduled to be played in August. Eliminator 2 matches will be played at the end of August. And the Final will be played in August.
KPL 2023 Teams:
This is the second edition of KPL. This season one team has been added to the squad with a total of seven teams playing in the tournament. The team named Jammu Janbaz has been added to the tournament. Initially, another 8th team was also supposed to be entered the game from Gilgit-Baltistan but later due to some unknown reasons the team could not make it to the tournament.
The total Seven teams playing the second season of KPL are as follows:
Bagh Stallions
Mirpur Royals
Muzaffarabad tigers
Rawalakot hawks
Jammu Janbaz
Kotli Lions
Overseas Warriors
KPL 2023 Venue:
All the matches of Kashmir Premier League 2023 will be played in the Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium in Azad Kashmir. The stadium holds a capacity of almost 15000 Spectators. Both daytime and nighttime matches will be played. The daytime match will start around 2 p.m. while the nighttime match will start at 7. Pm.
