Paktia Panthers is a professional twenty20 cricket team that plays in Afghanistan Premier League (APL). It is one of the original t20 franchise club in the competition which founded in 2018. Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was the icon player for Paktia Panthers.
Paktia Panthers represent Khost, Loya Paktia city from Southeast region in the tournament.
Paktia Panthers 2018 Team, Squad
Shahid Afridi will be captaining Paktia Panthers in the first Afghanistan Premier League season. Shahid Afridi, Luke Wright, Calum Macleod, Cameron Delport, Chris Jordan, Faheem Ashraf and Thisara Perera are the foreign players in Panthers squad for APL 2018.
Let’s checkout Paktia Panthers full squad and list of players for inaugural APL edition.
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ROLE |
| Shahid Afridi (Captain) | Pakistan | All-Rounder |
| Luke Wright | England | All-Rounder |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | Wicket-Keeper |
| Zia ur Rahman Morkel | Afghanistan | Batsman |
| Calum MacLeod | Scotland | Batsman |
| Yosuf Zazai | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Zia Ur Rehman Akbar | Afghanistan | All-Rounder |
| Tahir Adil | Afghanistan | Batsman |
| Chris Jordan | England | Bowler |
| Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | All-Rounder |
| Samiullah Shinwari | Afghanistan | All-Rounder |
| Mohammed Shahzad | Afghanistan | Wicket-Keeper |
| Cameron Delport | South Africa | All-Rounder |
| Fazal Zazai | Afghanistan | Batsman |
| Ihsanullah Janat | Afghanistan | Batsman |
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