*ISLAMABAD- The International Cricket Council has responded over therequest of Afghanistan government for holding the Afghanistan premierleague.*

*ICC has given the green signal for the Afghanistan Premier League. *

The Afghanistan Cricket Board, in a press release, said the sport’sgoverning body approved the cricket league after an application wassubmitted by the board in July.

The first edition of Premier League is scheduled to take place from October5 to 21 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE. The players will bedrafted into five teams — Kabul, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Balkh and Paktia.

The bidding process for franchise ownership of the teams is in progress andis expected to be finalised in mid-August.