LAHORE – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken a key step towards thelaunch of the Pakistan Junior League (PJL), the first-ever internationalleague of its kind in the world.
The soft launch of PSL-style junior league took place on Thursday when PCBreleased the Request for Expressions of Interest for various availablerights relating to the Twenty20 competition, which is scheduled for Octoberthis year.
The PCB seeks expression of interests from the interested parties for therights related to Title Sponsorship, Live-Streaming, Category Sponsorshipsand Team Franchises.
The interested parties are invited to download the Expression of Interestform from the PCB website under Documents/Pakistan Junior League and emailtheir filled in EOIs at bidding@pcb.com.pk before 26 April 2022.
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja: “I am thrilled and excited that after days of hardwork and planning, we have today released the Expression of Interestdocument for the Pakistan Junior League, the first-ever internationalleague of its kind in the world, the first edition of which we plan toorganise this year in October.
“This will be a city-based league with players to be selected through adraft system involving international age-group cricketers. The PCB willcreate an environment of brilliance with legends and icons of the gamesitting in player dug-outs in the roles of mentors and coaches, andbroadcast coverage from the top draw.
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“A young apprentice can be molded into a genius with right environment,which we intend to create in this format.
“The PJL integrates very nicely with the PCB Junior Pathways Programme inwhich the PCB, through strategic partnerships, have provided contracts to100 best cricketers who will now receive coaching from foreign experts,education at five-star institutions and monthly stipends of PKR30K each.
“Initiatives like the PJL are all about creating opportunities forcricketers, identifying the talent, nurturing them into world-class playersand closing the gap between domestic and international cricket.”
