The First-Ever PJL T20 (Pakistan Junior League) / Junior PSL is announced giving young talent an opportunity to show their talent and train with Legends. In this tournament under 19 players from all over the world will participate to play this 15 days league.
Pakistan Junior League
In PJL League, Six franchise teams from different cities will compete in a 19-match competition at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. In addition to participants, they will be selected through a draft process, while the mentors from each dugout will be legendary players.
Chairman Pakistan cricket board (PCB) Mr. Ramiz Hasan Raja has announced Pakistan’s 1st ever Junior league or under-19 PSL called Pakistan junior league (PJL) and invited sponsors for auction. On Thursday, 14th of April 2022 in a press release, Pakistan Cricket Board released the Request for Expressions of Interest for various available rights relating to the Twenty20 competition. The Pakistan Junior League Schedule is announced, and the tournament begins on the 1st of October 2022 to the 15th of October 2022 in Lahore.
PJL T20 2022 Announcement:
PCB Chairman Mr. Ramiz Hasan Raja has announced the new Six franchise-based Under 19 Cricket tournament on the 14th of April. PJL is scheduled for this year starting from October and the Draft will be soon announced.
A bidding process for the streaming rights has been completed. The PCB chairman has disclosed the Livestream right of all the PJL League. PTV Sports has purchased all the Streaming rights so now you can watch all the matches live at PTV sports.
The following rights are requesting expression of interest from the interested sponsors:
- Title Sponsorship
- Live-Streaming
- Category Sponsorships
- Team Franchises
The last bidding date is 26 April 2022, if parties are interested, please download the Expression of Interest form from the PCB website under Documents/Pakistan Junior League and email their filled-in EOIs at bidding@pcb.com.pk before 26 April 2022.
PJL Players Age
Every Junior player wants to be a part of PJl and we have been questioned many times that what will be the age of players selected for the Pjl League.
In the Latest Speech of PCB Director of Media and Communications, Sami Ul Hassan it is now official that the player below under 19 will be selected by a complete medical check. Get more details about Players’ age from here. The Players aged from 13 to 19 will play in the Pakistan Junior League. So the Minium age to Join Pjl league is 13 Years.
Pakistan Junior League Mentors
PCB has Officially announced that 3 out of 6 Mentors. Javid Miandad (Former Pakistani Cricketer, Caption, and Head Coach of Pakistan) is announced as the Head of All the Mentors. Below is the list of all Mentors announced.
- Shahid Afridi (Former All rounder and Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team)
- Darren Samy (Former All rounder and Captain of West Indies Cricket Team, and won 2 T20 World cups)
- Shoaib Malik (Former Pakistan Captain and Current Part of Pakistan T20 Cricket Team)
The Remaining three Mentors will be announced soon in the upcoming few weeks. All these Legends players will serve as team mentors and train all the junior players for the future.
FAQs
When will the Pakistan Junior League Matches Starts?
The Schedule of PJL Matches will soon be Announced. But According to PCB Chairman, the Tournament starts from 1 October 2022 till 15 October.
What will be the Age of Junior Players Selected for the League?
According to the PCB Director of Media and Communications (Sami Ul Hassan) players under the age of 19 will be selected for this league after a complete medical age check.
When will the First Match of PJL League be played?
PCB Chairman has confirmed that the First match will be played on 1st October.
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