DOHA: The Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) is all set to launch its own T10 league with international stars expected to take part.
The tournament, which will also be the country’s maiden international standard cricket league, will be played between six teams from December 7 to 16.
The Qatar T10 League will have 24 international cricketers, 12 players from Associate ICC nations, cricketers from Qatar national team and local talents from various QCA clubs.
“Qatar is proud to have been assigned this league by ICC. This will take our country to an international sports arena,” QCA president Youssef J Al Kuwari is quoted as saying in an official release.
The T10 league will be played in the state of the art Asian Town International Cricket Stadium in Doha. Also, the QCA has reportedly tied up with several top sponsors for them to be a part of the event locally and globally.
Meanwhile, since the official announcement of the league, rumours are doing the rounds that former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, along with a string of other international superstars are likely to take part, Qatar’s The Peninsula reports.
Other than Singh, former Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Hafeez and Karman Akmal are also reported to be in talks to play in the Qatar T10 League.
It was only recently that the Abu Dhabi T10 league, featuring retired and current international cricketers from across the globe, completed its 2019 season innings. The ICC-approved T10 league was played between 8 teams.
