Countries Pakistan Format Twenty20 Number of teams 40 | Administrator RLCA, KCCA First tournament 2010 (KCLT20) | |
Most successful AL-Noor n Nazimabad Gymkhana (1 title) | ||
The Pakistan Champions Cricket League (PCCL) is a twenty20 Club cricket league in Pakistan which was being organised by Pakistan former captain Rashid Latif at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy (RLCA) in co-operation with Karachi City Cricket Organisation (KCCA). The event was previously known as Karachi Champions League which hosted only 16 cricket clubs from the city in 2010.
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In 2012, the League was able to expand and host 40 cricket clubs which included 7 international clubs, 16 clubs from Karachi and 17 other cricket clubs from all over Pakistan. The teams were divided into 8 groups. The tournament was hosted by five different venues of the city. This was the second edition started by the Pakistan Cricket Champions League. Some of the matches were telecast by a Pakistan sports channel, Geo Super.
The prize money of Champion Club was $20,000 for the winner, whereas $10,000 for the runners up clubs and $2,000 each for semi finalist clubs.
The first event was won by Airport Gymkhana.
Number of teams
There are 40 teams participating in the event.
The Karachi teams are the ones without a city shown after their name.
Visa denied
The visas of Indian origin players from Berry Cricket Club of Canada was denied after which the club refused to come and take part in the tournament
Notable players
Fawad Alam(Al-Noor Gymkhana), Wahab riaz(Al-Noor Gymkhana), Zulqarnain Haider(P&T Gymkhana), Yasir Hameed(Peshawar C.C.), Anwar Ali(Pakistan C.C.), Awais Zia (Pak Korangi) Abdul Razzaq (Muslim C.C)etc.
Notable performances
hattrick Adnan Ghani(Rawalpindi Kings 3–18 vs Phoenix Medicine UAE), Sheraz Bhatti(Rawalpindi Kings 5–16 vs Asifabad Sports),
best bowling figures: Shahzaib Khan(malir Gymkhana 5–9 vs Asifabad Sports), Ramiz Aziz (vital five 5–12 vs Faisalabad CC ), Junaid Nadir (SG Jadoon abbottabad, 5–22 vs Airport Gymkhana), Junaid Jan (Muslim gymkhana lahore, 5–16 vs SST Club Dammam)
Best Batting Figures: Saeed Khan (Khyber green C.C, 107 vs Rawalpindi Kings), Shahid Yousuf (CA Sports Sialkot, 129 vs P&T Gymkhana lahore) Ejaz ali shah (Al-Noor Gymkhana) 81(53 balls)
highest Team totals
Nazimabad Gymkhana 197–2 vs Mohammad Hussain C.C
khyber green C.C 170–9 vs Malir Gymkhana
Live telecast
Geo Super