Irfan Pathan officially joins Afghanistan Premier League staff

Forward of the participant and coach draft for the Afghanistan Premier League (APL T20), former India Nationwide Cricket Group all-rounder Irfan Pathan has joined Kandahar Warriors, one of the groups in the league. The former cricketer has joined the franchise as their Ambassador.

Afghanistan Premier League, through its official social media account, knowledgeable this through a social media put up on Saturday, October 24.

New role for Irfan Pathan in the Afghanistan Premier League

After the collapse of the earlier T20 league of Afghanistan, the nation has reshaped its franchise league. The league is anticipated to attract critical funding from a number of the high buyers across the globe. Forward of another massive announcements, the appointment of Irfan Pathan because the Ambassador of Kandahar Warriors came as a major move.

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In December 2025, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) introduced the relaunch of its own franchise league. Over the past week of August this 12 months, the cricket board unveiled their trophy and launched the groups like Axcel United Kabul, Balkh Zwanan and Kandahar Warriors.

ACB to make extra main announcments

After the ultimate draft for the players and coaches, the auction for the players is anticipated to be held in the early part of November, and the event could begin in December this 12 months. Nonetheless, extra announcements relating to the franchise league, just like the fixtures, venues, and formation of the squads, are yet to be revealed.

It was previously reported that the competition is likely to be around five franchises. Names of the three groups have already been confirmed, leaving the announcement of the remaining two groups for the longer term. As per the previously published updates, the organisers of the Afghanistan Premier League have been attempting to deliver some massive names on board as buyers.

Whereas the league made a recent appointment of Irfan Pathan in public, the format Group India cricketer shared a number of social media posts during the India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I match. After shedding the entire high order and half of the middle order, the Shreyas Iyer-led side bought a surprising win at the moment in Christchurch.

<a href="https://cricket.international/whole-india-believes-in-you-tilak-varma-reveals-secret-to-potm-performance-in-2nd-t20i-vs-new-zealand/" title="“Whole India believes in you”: Tilak Varma reveals secret to POTM efficiency in 2nd T20I vs New Zealand”>Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Naman Dhir appeared because the saviors in the match for the Males in Blue. Varma was named because the Player of the Match for his match-defining, unbeaten fifty-plus run knock.

Irfan Pathan praises Tilak Varma to confirm win for India vs New Zealand

Irfan Pathan, through his ‘X’ put up, praised Tilak Varma for his distinctive batting abilities. Pathan pointed out that the versatility of Tilak Varma is admirable, and the win India claimed at the moment towards New Zealand was due to the batter’s ability to bat from any place in the batting order, even with immense duty on his shoulders.

“The versatility of Tilak Varma is Admirable. This win came on the back of his sheer ability to bat wherever, and to have the ability to ship beneath strain puts him in a different league,” Irfan Pathan wrote in his ‘X’ put up.

The former cricketer additionally praised Nitish Kumar Reddy in a different put up.

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