Pakistan Cricket Board announced the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Junior League will take place from October 1 to 15.
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Pakistan Cricket Board announced the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Junior League will take place from October 1 to 15. All the matches will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium. The participants in the league will range from players from 11 to 19 years as PCB chief Ramiz Raja believes that the league will help to identify more talents from the country.
“I am thrilled and excited that after days of hard work and planning, we have today released the Expression of Interest document for the Pakistan Junior League, the first-ever international league of its kind in the world,” PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja said in a statement.
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“A young apprentice can be moulded into a genius with the right environment, which we intend to create in this format,” Ramiz said. “The PJL integrates very nicely with the PCB Junior Pathways Programme in which the PCB, through strategic partnerships, have provided contracts to 100 best cricketers who will now receive coaching from foreign experts, education at five-star institutions and monthly stipends of PKR 30,000 (USD 164 approx) each. “Initiatives like the PJL are all about creating opportunities for cricketers, identifying the talent, nurturing them into world-class players and closing the gap between domestic and international cricket.”
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