The Indian Premier Cricket League (IPL), which brings together the best cricketers from around the world every year, has selected 7 Afghan players for its 2025 season.
Kabul 24: Among these players Rashid Khan with 18 crore Indian rupees (equivalent to 2.13 million US dollars) to the Gujarat team, Karim Janat with 7.5 million Indian rupees (more than 88 thousand US dollars) to the Gujarat team, Noor Ahmed Lakhwal with 10 INR crore (US$1.18 million) to Chennai team Azmatullah Omarzai for INR 2.4 crore(more than 284 thousand US dollars) to the Punjab team, Rahmanullah Garbz with 2 crore Indian rupees (more than 236 thousand US dollars) to the Calcutta team, Fazalhaq Farooqi also with 2 crore Indian rupees to the Rajasthan team and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar with 4.8 crores Indian rupees (more than 568 thousand US dollars) joined Bombay team.
About 16 Afghan players were nominated for the 2025 league.
This tender ended last night (Monday), but it is possible that some players will be selected and invited to the competition during the tournament, based on the needs of the teams.
Based on the Indian Cricket Board’s newsletter, the 2025 Indian Premier League season will start on March 14 and continue until May.
Based on this information, the Indian Cricket Board has announced the dates of the upcoming three season matches in advance.
According to cricket analysts, the early announcement of dates is due to commercial deals and to help teams and players plan matches better.
It is worth noting that the winning team of the 2024 season of the Indian Premier Cricket League (IPL) was the Kolkata team, who will defend their title in 2025
