American Premiere League 2021: Fixtures, Time and Venue details of USA’s T20 tournament

Cricket has been and continues to be one of the most popular sports around the globe. Of late, the game has gained a lot of popularity in the United States and America. In fact, many professional33 and aspiring cricketers from India, Pakistan, and other Asian nations have gone to USA to pursue their careers. The governing cricket body in the nation, USA Cricket also seem determined to go forward and it approved the 2021 American Premiere League.

The T20 competition is being played between September 20 and September 30 with all the matches taking place at the Yogi Berra baseball stadium in New Jersey. As many as seven teams are part of the tournament namely Team USA, US Aussies, US Indians, US Pakistan, US Windees, US Bengalees, and US English. These sides are lock horns across 21 league-stage games and the top four will earn a place in the knock-outs.

The group stage will be followed by a couple of semi-finals and a final encounter. Notably, the T20 competition is being organized by American Sports & Entertainment Group (ASEG). Interestingly, the APL is briefly overlapping with one of America’s other33 cricket competition, Minor League Cricket Championship, which runs from July 31 to October 3.

However, USA cricket gave the green light to APL as the proposed schedule wasn’t overlapping with other fixtures. Speaking of the American Premiere League, ASEG Chairman Jay Mir said the competition aims to take USA cricket forward.

“We are pleased that USA Cricket has endorsed our efforts to promote cricket in the USA through its approval of the APL in 2021.  We recognize that cricket is taking significant steps forward under USA Cricket’s leadership and that its recent partnership with MLC and the launch of Minor League Cricket has helped to put in place a robust nationwide domestic structure and pathway around which the future of the sport can be built,” he said in a statement.

“Out of respect for those efforts, and in recognition of USA Cricket’s prior exclusive arrangement with MLC, APL has agreed, among other things, that its event will not include any of the 450 players that have been already contracted to participate in MiLC, but that it will include former international players and provide opportunities to other local domestic players, as well as creating specific slots within the team rosters for talented youngsters,” he added.

Meanwhile, let’s look at the schedule of American Premier League 2021

September 20, Aussies Vs Americans, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 20, English Vs Bengalees, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 20, Pakistan Vs Windees, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 21, Americans Vs Bengalees, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 21, Pakistan Vs Aussies, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 21, Indians Vs Windees, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 23, Pakistan Vs Bengalees, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 23, Indians Vs Americans, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 23, Aussies Vs Windees, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 26, Bengalees Vs Windees, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 26, Americans Vs English, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 26, Aussies Vs Indians, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 27, Aussies Vs Bengalees, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 27, English Vs Windees, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 27, Pakistan Vs Indians, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 28, English Vs Indians, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 28, Americans Vs Pakistan, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 28, Aussies Vs English, 10:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 29, First SemiFinal, 12:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 29, Second SemiFinal, 5:30 am IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jersey

September 30, Final3, 11:30 pm IST, Yogi Berra baseball stadium, New Jerseys