The Paktia Super Kings ( ps, ), formerly known as the Paktia Panthers ( ps, ), is an Afghan professional

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

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franchise team that competes in the

Afghanistan Premier League The Afghanistan Premier League (APL) ( ps, ; fa, ), officially Gulbahar Afghanistan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 cricket franchise tournament run by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), held in the United Arab Emira ...

. The team is based in Khost, the provincial capital of Khost Province and the largest city of Loya Paktia region, Afghanistan. The team was formed in 2018, as a result of the formation of the

Afghanistan Cricket Board The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB; ps, د افغانستان کرکټ بورډ, fa, کرکت بورد افغانستان; formerly Afghanistan Cricket Federation) is the official governing body of cricket in the Afghanistan. It is Afghanista ...

. The team is currently captained by

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی‎, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...

, and coached by

Dawlat Ahmadzai Dawlat Ahmadzai (born September 5, 1984) is a right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler who plays for Afghanistan. After the Afghan team secured One Day International status by securing a top-six finish at the 2009 ICC World Cup Qua ...

, a former member of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Shahid Afridi is the icon player of the franchise."Afridi, Gayle named icon players in Afghanistan Premier League
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Squad

Administration and Supporting staff

* Head coach:

References

{{Afghanistan Premier League Afghan domestic cricket competitions Cricket clubs established in 2018 2018 in Afghan cricket Afghanistan Premier League teams