On the 6th of October the PJL debut season will begin. Six teams—the Bahawalpur Royals, Mardan Warriors, Gujranwala Giants, Gwadar Sharks, Hyderabad Hunters, and Rawalpindi Raiders—will compete in the PJL competition. The teams’ mentors include seasoned coaches and former and present international cricketers like Viv Richards, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Imran Tahir, Daren Sammy, and Colin Munro, despite the fact that the players are all teens.
The cricketers were divided into three groups for the drafts of PJL 2022:
- Elite
- Premier
- X-factor
This PJL squads mainly consist of Pakistani Under-19 cricketers. Still, there are also players from England, South Africa, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Scotland, the USA, Nepal, and Belgium who have been recruited from outside.
Four Playoffs of PJL 2022 will follow the six clubs’ round-robin league games. Between October 6 and October 21, 2022, all games will be held in the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Pakistan Junior League 2022 squad: Full team lists for each PJL 2022 side
Bahawalpur Royals
Elite:
- Obaid Shahid (c),
- Arham Nawab (vc),
- Nathan Edwards (West Indies),
- Sajjad Ali.
Premier:
- Ali Razzaq,
- Basit Ali,
- Mohammad Zeeshan,
- Nangeyalia Kharotai (Afghanistan).
X-factor:
- Ahmed Hussain,
- Farhan Yousaf,
- Gabriel Gallman-Findlay (Scotland),
- Johan Mahne (South Africa),
- Mohammad Danish,
- Mohammad Tayyab Arif,
- Shahwaiz Irfan.
Support staff:
- Imran Tahir (mentor),
- Gordon Parsons (head coach),
- Imran Farhat (batting coach)
Gujranwala Giants
Elite:
- Uzair Mumtaz (c),
- Ali Asfand,
- Azan Awais,
- Tom Aspinwall (England).
Premier:
- Ariful Islam (Bangladesh),
- Hasnain Majid,
- Mohammad Ibtisam,
- Mohammad Shan,
- Shevon Daniel (Sri Lanka).
X-factor:
- Hamza Nawaz,
- Hasan Ali Jr,
- Matthew Tromp (USA),
- Mohammad Aqib Asghar,
- Mohammad Waqas,
- Saqlain Nawaz.
Support staff:
- Shoaib Malik (mentor),
- Ijaz Ahmed Sr (head coach),
- Aizaz Cheema (bowling coach)
Gwadar Sharks
Elite:
- Mohammad Ismail (vc),
- Danial Ibrahim (England),
- Haseeb Nazim,
- Joseph Eckland (England).
Premier:
- Shamyl Hussain (c),
- Arafat Minhas,
- Luc Martin Benkenstein (England),
- Mohammad Shoaib,
- Saad Masood.
X-factor:
- Adnan Iqbal,
- Aftab Ahmed,
- Kushal Malla (Nepal),
- Mohammad AbuBakar,
- Momin Qamar,
- Muhammad Zulkifal.
Support staff:
- Viv Richards (mentor),
- Mushtaq Ahmed (head coach),
- Kamran Khan (batting coach)
Hyderabad Hunters
Elite:
- Saad Baig (c),
- Afaq Khan,
- Aftab Ibrahim,
- Isai Thorne (West Indies).
Premier:
- Arbaz Khan,
- Haseeb-ur-Rehman,
- James Ross Wood (England),
- Muneeb Wasif.
X-factor:
- Ali Naseer (UAE),
- Fahad Amin,
- Hassan Iqbal,
- Ibrahim Masood (Afghanistan),
- Moeez Rana,
- Mohammad Zubair Jr,
- Salman Ahmed.
Support staff:
- Daren Sammy (mentor),
- Abdul Razzaq (head coach),
- Ghulam Ali (batting coach)
Mardan Warriors
Elite:
- Abbas Ali (c),
- Abidullah,
- Archie Lenham (England),
- George Thomas (England)
Premier:
- Daud Nazar,
- Haseeb Khan,
- Mohammad Farooq,
- Muhammad Nabeel,
- Olly Cox (England).
X-factor:
- Aimal Khan,
- Burhan Niaz (Belgium),
- Mohammad Irfan,
- Shahzaib Khan,
- Syed Tayyab Hussain,
- Zohaib Khan Shanzaib.
Support staff:
- Shahid Afridi (mentor),
- Abdur Rehman (head coach),
- Mohammad Sami (bowling coach)
Rawalpindi Raiders
Elite:
- Habibullah (c),
- Afnan Khan,
- Ali Ishaq,
- Hassan Eisakhil (Afghanistan).
Premier:
- Ali Raza,
- Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan),
- Amir Hassan,
- Aseer Mughal,
- Kai Smith (England).
X-factor:
- Charlie Tear (Scotland),
- Haroon Arshad,
- Naveed Ahmed Khan,
- Usman Khan,
- Wahaj Riaz,
Support staff:
- Colin Munro (mentor),
- Toby Radford (head coach),
- Mohammad Masroor (batting coach)
Enjoy watching PJL 2022 Live Action.