Shahid Afridi Feels This Format is Best to Represent Cricket at Olympics

The third season of T10 league will kick off in November 2019 with constellation superstars like Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Eoin Morgan and Shane Watson participating in the league.

The 2019 season will be special because Boom Boom Afridi will be making his T10 debut for Qalandars as an icon player. The 44 year-old all-rounder looked impressed with the format and felt that T10 format has the potential to represent cricket at Olympics.

“I think fans love T10 because it is fast-paced and the matches are over in 90 minutes. Cricket should always evolve and look at ways to maintain the excitement among the youngsters, and I think the Abu Dhabi T10 provides us a great opportunity to keep testing the format, and potentially take cricket to the Olympic Games,” said the all-rounder during the interview.

When asked about representing popular franchise Qalandars in the Abu Dhabi T10 league, he said that he is delighted to play the T10 league and has been supporting cricket in many regions of Pakistan.

“I am really looking forward to playing for the Qalandars in the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10. The franchise has also been a part of the PSL, and has been supporting cricket through multiple programmes in the region. Their developmental programme received national recognition earlier this year, and I am delighted to be playing T10 for a new team. I’m really looking forward to seeing them pick a solid side and achieve our ambitions of winning the tournament,” Afridi said.

“My fellow cricketers are very happy with the T10 format and so are the fans. T20 cricket was not accepted widely early on, but now we have a T20 World Cup being played. So I believe that with time, there will be more participation from established international players in the Abu Dhabi T10,” Afridi concluded highlighting the excitement of his fellow teammates for the T10 league.