LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unveiled the schedule of the inaugural Pakistan Junior League (PJL), here on Friday.

In an official statement, released by the PCB, the cricket board announced the schedule of the juniors’ cricket league. According to the schedule, the PJL will be played from October 1 to October 15 here.

The tournament comprises 19 matches and will feature six teams from each cricketing association. The teams will recruit the young players via a draft system and will be allowed to avail the services of an iconic player as the team mentor to boost the confidence of the players.

Furthermore, this will be the first T20 league of its sort, with local under-19 players sharing dugouts with international players as part of their learning process, enhancing cricket skills, sharing knowledge, and laying the groundwork for future bonding.

As a next step, the PCB will now initiate a bidding process after Eid Al-Fitr for live-streaming rights.

On this occasion, the chairman of the PCB – Ramiz Raja said he is delighted, encouraged, and motivated by the response and claimed that the feedback has strengthened his belief and confidence in having a huge appetite for cricket and a strong commercial market.

“I am delighted, encouraged and motivated by the response we have received as the Pakistan Junior League’s Request for Expressions of Interest,” he stated.

“This feedback has strengthened my belief and confidence that we have a huge appetite for cricket and a strong commercial market, which is keen, eager and happy to partner with the PCB on its projects of introducing new properties so that we can strengthen ourselves financially and commercially, and the return on investments are shared with all cricketers,” the statement further quoted him.

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