For the first time since October 5, the United Arab Emirates is going to start in Sharjah, Afghanistan Premier League (APL). The auction of this tournament will be held in Dubai with the names of five teams namely Bulk, Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Paktia. 40 foreign players have been selected for draft.
The competition will be with stars like Chris Gayle, Colin Munro, Shahid Afridi, Brendon McCullum. In all, 350 cricketers were picked up in the auction. Meanwhile, Nangarhar has bought two Bangladeshi cricketers Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim. Tamim, who is in the 'Diamond' category, bought $ 30,000 (Tk 25 lakh) for $ 75,000 (Bangladeshi currency at Tk 63 lakh) and 'Silver' in the category of Mushfiq. The two Bangladeshis are also in the team like Ben Cutting, Mujib Ur Rahman, Mitchell McClenaghan and Mohammad Hafeez. West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell of Mushfiq-Tamim's Nangarhar team His national teammate Gayle has become iconic player of the ball. Kabul's icon Pakistan's legspinner Rashid Khan, Pakistani star all-rounder Shahid Afridi bought Paktia. New Zealand's Brendon McCullum has made icon player Kandahar
Meanwhile, in addition to Tamim-Mushfiqik, 12 more Bangladeshi cricketers are in the auction. Although they did not get any team. They are Mohammad Ashraful, Sabbir Rahman, Enamul Haque, Shahriar Nafis, Imrul Kayes, Liton Das, Abul Hasan, Saifuddin, Abu Haider Rony, Taskin Ahmed, Abdur Razzak, Sanjamul Islam. Among the Bangladeshi cricketers in the draft, former national team captain Mohammad Ashraful is in the Gold category. The BPL was banned for five years in the franchise T-Twenty for alleged match-fixing. So there was a doubt about taking Ashraful auction. But in the good category he was taken to the auction.