{"id":270505,"date":"2022-07-08T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=270505"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:10:26","slug":"kpl-will-happen-this-year-shahid-afridi-snipes-at-bcci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kpl-will-happen-this-year-shahid-afridi-snipes-at-bcci\/","title":{"rendered":"KPL will happen this year, Shahid Afridi snipes at BCCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KARACHI<br \/>\nFormer Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi, who often raises his voice for Kashmir, gave a clear message to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) will happen to take place this year.<br \/>\nSpeaking to the press, after being signed as the brand ambassador of KPL 2 at a local hotel on Thursday, Afridi said the league is an opportunity for young cricketers and no one can take it away.<br \/>\n\u201cWould you like to give any message to BCCI and Indian cricket fans about KPL season 2,\u201d Afridi was asked during the press conference. \u201cI just want to tell them, \u2018KPL 2 is happening\u2019,\u201d Afridi replied.<br \/>\nLast year, BCCI threatened foreign players and asked them to pull out of the KPL. As a result, a couple of foreign cricketers withdrew from the event at the very last moment.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the cricketer announced to play a couple of matches in the upcoming edition of the league from Jammu Janbaz.<br \/>\n\u201cThey [KPL management] are not letting me retire,\u201d said Afridi, who was signed as a mentor of the newly-introduced franchise.<br \/>\n\u201cI will try my best to play a couple of matches. It\u2019s the love of my fans who still want to watch me playing,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nIt must be noted here that KPL season 2 is planned to take place from August 1 to 14 in Muzaffarabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI Former Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi, who often raises his voice for Kashmir, gave a clear message to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) will happen to take place this year. 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