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 er en tværregional Twenty20-cricketturnering for hold, der repræsenterer regioner i den pakistanske provins Sindh. Turneringen blev grundlagt i 2022 af Sindh Cricket Association og er godkendt af Pakistan Cricket Board. Turneringens første sæson blev afholdt fra 24. til 29. juni 2022 på Hanif Mohammed High Performance Centre i Karachi.

Sindh Premier League består af seks hold, der repræsenterer regionerne Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Thatta og Dadu. Hvert hold spiller to gange mod hinanden i rundens robin-format, og de fire bedste hold går videre til slutspillet. Vinderen af turneringen krones som Sindh Premier League-mester.

Sindh Premier League har til formål at fremme krydtalenter fra hele Sindh og give dem en platform til at fremvise deres evner. Turneringen giver også lokale spillere mulighed for at få værdifuld erfaring og dele banen med nogle af Pakistans mest etablerede cricketspillere.

Den indledende sæson af Sindh Premier League var en stor succes med konkurrencemæssige kampe og højt niveau af cricket. Turneringen har fået stor anerkendelse for sin professionelle gennemførelse og sit engagement i at fremme cricket i Sindh.