Wikipedia - Sindh Premier League

Sindh Premier League (Sindhi: سنڌ پريميئر ليگ; Urdu: سندھ پریمیئر لیگ; abbreviated as SPL) is a professional Twenty20 league contested by six teams representing six cities of Sindh province. It was launched in 2023.

History

Establishment

In June 2022, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, the provincial minister of local government in an effort to promote and develop cricket in Sindh, announced that there would be a domestic cricket team for Sindh soon inspired by the Kashmiri counterpart. and soon in March of the next year, a launching ceremony was held in auditorium of Sindh Assembly and the guests included Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq. The first season of the league will be played in Karachi. In the same month of march the league was officially launched and finalized, The launch ceremony was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Sindh in Karachi and attended by dignitaries from professions, including the provincial ministers Sharjeel Inam Memon and Saeed Ghani, Advisor Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab, and former captain of Pakistan cricket team Sarfraz Ahmed and various others. Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi announced to be its first brand ambassador.

The league is said to commence from September 19 of 2023.

De Sindh Premier League (SPL) is een Twenty20 cricket competitie in Pakistan. Het toernooi werd opgericht in 2023 en is het eerste provinciale T20-toernooi in Pakistan. De SPL bestaat uit zes teams, met spelers uit de hele provincie Sindh.

De zes teams in de SPL zijn:

* Karachi Kings
* Quetta Gladiators
* Islamabad United
* Lahore Qalandars
* Multan Sultans
* Peshawar Zalmi

Het toernooi wordt gespeeld in een round-robin-formaat, waarbij elk team twee keer tegen elkaar speelt. De top vier teams plaatsen zich voor de play-offs.

De finale van de SPL wordt gespeeld in Karachi.

Het toernooi is bedoeld om nieuw talent te scouten en jonge spelers de kans te geven om te schitteren. Het is ook bedoeld om de interesse in cricket in Sindh te stimuleren en kansen te creëren voor lokale bedrijven.