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.

Sindh Premier League, även känd som SPL, är en professionell Twenty20-cricketliga som hålls i Sindh, Pakistan. Den grundades 2021 av Sindh Cricket Association (SCA). Ligan består av sex lag som representerar olika städer i Sindh:

* Hyderabad Hunters
* Karachi Dolphins
* Larkana Bulls
* Mirpurkhas Lions
* Jacobabad Jaguars
* Sukkur Sharks

SPL spelas på ett singelround-robin-format, där varje lag möter varandra en gång. De tre bästa lagen avancerar till slutspelet, som består av en kvalificerande final, den första kvalificeringsfinalen och finalen.

Ligan har sett gott om talanger, både inhemska och internationella. Några av de anmärkningsvärda spelarna som har deltagit i SPL inkluderar:

* Babar Azam (Pakistan)
* Shadab Khan (Pakistan)
* Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
* Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
* Colin Ingram (Sydafrika)
* Chris Lynn (Australien)

SPL är en viktig händelse i Pakistans cricketkalender och ger en plattform för unga spelare att visa upp sin talang och förbättra sina färdigheter. Ligan har också hjälpt till att öka populariteten för cricket i Sindh och gjort sporten mer tillgänglig för människor i regionen.