APL 2026 squads

Akcel United Kabul

Captain Azmatullah Omarzai. Coach Shane McDermott. Mentor Nikhil Chopra.

• Azmatullah Omarzai — Afghan Icon
• Johnson Charles (West Indies) — Platinum
• Fazalhaq Farooqi — Diamond
• Dushmantha Chameera (Sri Lanka) — Diamond
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman — Gold
• Imran Mir — Gold
• Sharafuddin Ashraf — Gold
• D’Arcy Short (Australia) — Gold
• Shamim Hossain (Bangladesh) — Gold
• Imran Tahir (South Africa) — Silver
• Hazratullah Zazai — Silver
• Dawood Ahmadzai — Silver
• Abdul Rahman Rahmani — Silver
• Mohammad Saleem Safi — Silver
• Uzairullah Niazai — Emerging
• Khalid Ahmadzai — Emerging
• Keramatullah — Emerging
• Said Bahir Shah Mahbob — Supplementary
• Curtis Campher (Ireland) — Supplementary

Akcel United Kabul team page

Balkh Zwanan

Captain Ibrahim Zadran. Coach Mickey Arthur. Mentor Tillakaratne Dilshan.

• Ibrahim Zadran — Afghan Icon
• Moeen Ali (England) — Platinum
• Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar — Diamond
• Luke Wood (England) — Diamond
• Gulbadin Naib — Gold
• Sediqullah Atal — Gold
• Muhammad Waseem (UAE) — Gold
• Afsar Khan Zazai — Gold
• Abdullah Ahmadzai — Gold (Wildcard)
• Thomas Moores (England) — Silver
• Zia ur Rehman Akbar — Silver
• Abdullah Tarakhail — Silver
• Colin Ackermann (Netherlands) — Silver
• Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil — Silver
• Salaam Khan Ahmadzai — Emerging
• Azizullah Miakhil — Emerging
• Abdul Aziz Khan — Emerging
• Qais Ahmad — Supplementary
• Christopher Wood — Supplementary

Balkh Zwanan team page

Kandahar Warriors

Captain Rashid Khan. Coach Ravi Bopara. Mentor Irfan Pathan.

• Rashid Khan Arman — Afghan Icon
• Muhammad Amir — Platinum
• Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil — Diamond
• Joe Clarke (England) — Diamond
• Karim Janat — Gold
• Hassan Eisakhil — Gold
• Farid Ahmad Malik — Gold
• Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka) — Gold
• Tymal Mills (England) — Gold
• Mohammad Shahzad — Silver
• Muslim Musa — Silver
• Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa) — Silver
• George Munsey (Scotland) — Silver
• Allah Noor Naseri — Silver
• Numan Shah Agha — Emerging
• Usman Khan — Emerging
• Naseer Khan Maroofkhil — Emerging
• Shawkat Zaman Momand — Supplementary
• Mohammad Ibrahim Masood — Supplementary

Kandahar Warriors team page

Nangarhar Cosmic

Captain Rahmat Shah. Coach Toby Radford. Mentor Mark Boucher.

• Rahmat Shah Zurmatai — Afghan Icon
• Alex Hales (England) — Platinum
• Darwish Rasooli — Diamond
• Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) — Diamond
• Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) — Gold
• Ziawrahman Sharifi — Gold
• Mohammad Akram Zazai — Gold
• Ikram Alikhil — Gold
• Junaid Siddique (UAE) — Gold
• Zahir Khan Pakten — Silver
• Ismatullah Alam — Silver
• Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai — Silver
• Amir Jangoo (West Indies) — Silver
• Shafiqullah Ghafari — Silver
• Faisal Khan Shinozada — Emerging
• Bahar Ali Shinwari — Emerging
• Islam Khan Zazai — Emerging
• Aftab Alam — Supplementary
• Zubairullah Akbari — Supplementary

Nangarhar Cosmic team page

Paktia

Captain Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Coach Azhar Mahmood. Mentor Waqar Younis.

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz — Afghan Icon
• Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) — Platinum
• Noor Ahmad Lakanwal — Diamond
• Nahid Rana (Bangladesh) — Diamond
• Ijaz Ahmadzai — Gold
• Farmanullah Safi — Gold
• Colin Munro (New Zealand) — Gold
• David Wiese (Namibia) — Gold
• Hashmatullah Shahidi — Gold
• Hasibullah Lakanwal — Silver
• Nangeyalia Khan — Silver
• Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia) — Silver
• Olly Stone (England) — Silver
• Masoodulrahman Gurbaz — Silver
• Abid Mohammadi — Emerging
• Khalid Taniwal — Emerging
• Wahidullah Zadran — Emerging
• Sediqullah Pacha — Supplementary
• Khalil Ahmad Gurbaz — Supplementary

Paktia team page

• Mohammad Nabi — All-rounder
• Chris Gayle — Batter
• Qais Ahmad — Bowler
• Ryan ten Doeschate — Batter

• Hazratullah Zazai — Batter
• Laurie Evans — Batter
• Luke Ronchi — Wicketkeeper
• Wayne Parnell — Bowler
• Javed Ahmadi — Batter

• Asghar Afghan — Batter

• Ben Cutting — All-rounder

• Mohammad Shahzad — Wicketkeeper
• Isuru Udana — Bowler
• Shahid Afridi — All-rounder