The highly anticipated American Premier League is set to return with great fanfare. The second edition of the Premier League begins on December 19th and a host of exciting players are expected to contribute to the tournament. All games will be played at Moosa Cricket Stadium in Texas.
This second edition of the Premier League has already received the much-needed approval from the ICC and the American Cricket Board and this time seven teams will take part in the competition. Premium Afghans, Premium Americans, Premium Aussies, Premium Canadians, Premium Indians, Premium Paks and Premium Windees will be the teams that will compete among themselves for the coveted trophy.
The likes of Chris Gayle, Ravi Bopara and Ben Cutting will be seen hitting some massive sixes in this edition of the Premier League.
Let’s take a look at the rosters of the seven teams.
Premium Afghans
Ihsanullah Janat (c), Usman Ghani (vc), Samiullah Shinwari, Abdul Wasi, Yousuf Zazai, Samit Patel, Abuzar Safi, Atiq Niazi, Jamahid Mir Alikhil, Waqarullah Ishaq, Jay G Patel, Noman Bardasht, Obaidullah Aslami, Saboor Hairan, Venkat Maheesh Kolahalam
International reserves: Bilal Khan, Mehran Khan, Sulaiman Arabzai
Local reserves: Samim Asifi, Noor Hassan Ahmadzai, Kamran Hotak
Premium Americans
Dan Lawrence, Gerhard Erasmus, Amir Hamza Hotak, Knorn Ottley, Imran Khan, Sheldon Cotrel, Navin Stewart, Shubham Sheokand, Abheydar Singh, Marlon Richards, Karan Chandel, Badar Shabbir, Navanpreet Singh, Ahsan Baig, Gurbaksh Singh
International reserves: Matiullah Khan, Sabir Rao
Local reserves: Raj Patel, Aimal Jamal Khan, Ather Anis, Nehal Katadhond, Sahil Purohit
Premium Aussies
Ben Cutting Sanchit Sandhu Simmi Singh Vinod Rehan Thisara Parera Elias Sunny Rajveer Singh Gihan Senanayke Hamza Khalid Usman Ashraf Rehman Dar Tirth Patel Asad Rafiq Raj Vyas Shams Arefeen Ahsan Shah
International reserves: Kirsten Kallicharan, Imran Khan Jr., Imran Khan Sr., Usman Tariq, Imran Khan Sr., Ruben Clinton
Local reserves: Harpreet Singh, Rubal Raina, Laksh Parikh, Arir Ali, Shreyan Satheesh
Premium Canadian
Navneet Dhaliwal (c), Saad Bin Zafar (vc), Salman Nazar, Ravinderpal Singh, Dillon Hylinger, Pargat Singh, Sai Gautam, Gajjala Balpreet Singh, Jessy Singh, Ritwik Behera, Rashesh Bahera, Abdullah Ghazi, Nosherwan Khan, Neeraj Gohil, Puneet Triphati
Reserves: Charan Singh, Rocy Islam, Rafi Hashimi, Gurnish Singh, Aaryan Batra
Premium Indian
Keval Patel (c), Nosthush Kenjige (vc), Stuart Binny, Ravi Bopara, Rahkeem Cornwall, Adil Bhatti, Sohrawordi Shuvo, Rajdeep Darbar, Kieran Powell, Sunny Patel, Amad Butt, Jeremiah Louis, Stephen Wiig, Karthik Gattepalli, Savan Patel
International reserves: Bipul Sharma, Tushar Srivastava, Sujeet Anwar Ali Parbatani
Domestic reserves: Naman Patel, Anirudh Immanuel, Saharsh Swethan, Dev Salian
Premium Paks
Sohail Tanveer, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Irfan, Ariful Haq, Zeeshan Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Amila Alonso, Ryan Scott, Angelo Parera, Talha Momad, Usman Rafiq, Umer Farooq, Ali Umair, Hamad Hussain
International reserves: Nazmul Islam, Oppo Fayyaz Butt
Local reserves: Ali Bajwa, Junaid Rasheed, Abul Junaid, Burhan Saeed
Premium Windees
Chris Gayle (c), Kevin Stoute, Jamar Hamilton, Javon Searles, Johnathan Foo, Aaron Jones (vc), Raj Nannan, Hayden Walsh Jr, Terrence Hinds, Shawn Findlay, Aaron Johnson, Kirk Thompson
International reserves: Rayad Emrit, Jesse Bootan, Khary Pierre