Kabul Eagles is one of six regional level first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan.
The team, based in the country’s capital city Kabul, was created to join the five regional sides in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has the first-class status from 2017 onwards.
The Kabul team also competes in the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League Twenty20 competition (which has List A status from 2017) using the name Kabul Eagles.
They were the 2016 champions in the league, this year they will be aiming to make it their second title of the competition.
Kabul Eagles Shpageeza Cricket League Squad:
Saminullah Shinwari (retained), Rahamnullah Gurbaz (icon player), Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq (diamond), Azmatullah Omarazai, Riaz Hassan, Fazmanullah Safi, Zia ur Rehman Akbar, Sediqullah Atal, Younus Ahmadzai, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Ishaq Rahimi, Ihsanullah Ihsan, Abdullah Naib, Rahim Mangal, Nijat Masood, Rahmanullah Zadran.
About the event:
The Shpageeza Cricket League is a T20 cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricket Board every year in Afghanistan. This tournament is established with six franchises, including players from the national team, overseas, players from the ‘A’ team, and players from the under 19 team as well as elite performers from the respective regions participating in this tournament. In addition, Afghanistan Cricket Board has given the league distinctiveness by franchising all teams while players will be selected through a draft for each team.
The tournament’s seventh edition is kicking off from 6th September and the final will be played on 18th September.
All the matches of the tournament will be played at Kabul Cricket Stadium. The tournament features 6 teams and Mis Ainak Knights are the defending champions
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