Chris Gayle, S Sreesanth, Sohail Tanvir and Ben Cutting named as captains for American Premier League season 2

S Sreesanth will lead the charge for the Premium Indians, Sohail Tanvir will captain Premium Paks, current captain of the Afghanistan team Mohammad Nabi will guide the Premium Afghans.

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Houston, December 8: Chris Gayle has been announced as the captain for the Premium Windies team for the American Premier League’s (APL) second season that will be played at Moosa Cricket Stadium in Houston, Texas from 19thDecember 2023. The Universe Boss was one of the key players to launch the APL, at the iconic Times Square in New York couple of months ago along with the league owners and other international stars like Fawad Alam (Pakistan) and Ravi Bopara (England). Out of the six other teams who will be playing the tournament from December 19 to 31,

S Sreesanth will lead the charge for the Premium Indians, Sohail Tanvir will captain Premium Paks, current captain of the Afghanistan team Mohammad Nabi will guide the Premium Afghans while Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting will handle the captaincy for the Premium Aussies. 

Dan Lawrence, the rising star from England who made his Test debut in Sri Lanka at the start of 2021, has been named as the captain for the Premium Americans who will take on the Premium Windies in the opening game of the season. 

Punjab-born Canadian Navneet Dhaliwal who came into the limelight recently after leading Canada in the ICC WT20 qualifiers and took his team to ICC T20 World Cup 2024, will captain the Premium Canadians in his neighbourhood nation 

Chris Gayle, captain, Premium Windies said, “I am excited to wear the captaincy band of a Windies team again. Playing in America is like playing at home. Cricket as a sport had to find place in the USA some day and this is the best time to have a league like this. The tournament will not just give us an opportunity to show our experience to the local fans but all the young American cricketers who have qualified, will get to learn a lot from this and take the game to the next level.”

Captains 

Premium Afghans - Mohammad Nabi 

Premium Americans - Dan Lawrence 

Premium Aussies - Ben Cutting 

Premium Canadians - Navneet Dhaliwal 

Premium Indians - S Sreesanth 

Premium Paks - Sohail Tanvir 

Premium Windies - Chris Gayle 

American Premier League Fixtures

DATE

India Time

Houston Time

TEAM A

VS

TEAM B

19-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Americans

vs

Premium Windies

20-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Windies

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Paks

vs

Premium Americans

21-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Afghans

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Aussies

vs

Premium Windies

22-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Paks

vs

Premium Afghans

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Aussies

23-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Windies

vs

Premium Afghans

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Aussies

vs

Premium Americans

24-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Paks

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Canadians

vs

Premium Aussies

25-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Canadians

vs

Premium Americans

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Paks

vs

Premium Aussies

26-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Canadians

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Afghans

vs

Premium Americans

27-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Canadians

vs

Premium Afghans

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Windies

vs

Premium Paks

28-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Windies

vs

Premium Canadians

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Indians

vs

Premium Americans

29-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Premium Canadians

vs

Premium Paks

 

23:30

12:00

Premium Aussies

vs

Premium Afghans

30-Dec-23

20:00

8:30

Semi Final 1 (Team 1st vs Team 4th)

 

23:30

12:00

Semi Final 2 (Team 2nd vs Team 3rd)

31-Dec-23

21:00

9:30

FINAL

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