The American Premier League (APL) 2023 is scheduled to start on December 19 in Texas, United States.

Sanctioned by the ICC and USA Cricket Board, the APL 2023 will see seven teams compete in a total of 24 T20Is across 13 days.

Premium Afghans, Premium Americans, Premium Aussies, Premium Canadians, Premium Indians, Premium Paks and Premium Windies are the seven teams that will feature in the second edition of the tournament.

As per the schedule, each team will play the other sides once in a round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings after all the league matches will qualify for the semi-finals.

The winner of the two semi-finals will clash in the American Premier League final to be held on December 31.

All matches of the APL 2023 will be played at the Moosa Cricket Stadium in Pearland, Texas.

Former international cricketers including the likes of Chris Gayle, S Sreesanth, Stuart Binny, Mohammad Amir, Ben Cutting, Ravi Bopara, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Fawad Alam, Thisara Perera, Sohail Tanvir and Sheldon Cottrell will take part in the upcoming T20 tournament.

Where to watch the American Premier League 2023 live in India?

The American Premier League 2023 matches will be telecast live on Sports18 TV network’s TV channels in India.

Live streaming of APL 2023 will be available on the FanCode app and website. It will also be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website in India.

American Premier League 2023 schedule and live India match start times

All match timings are in India Standard Time (IST)

Tuesday, December 19

Premium Americans vs Premium Windies - 8:00 PM

Wednesday, December 20

Premium Indians vs Premium Windies - 8:00 PM

Premium Paks vs Premium Americans - 11:30 PM

Thursday, December 21

Premium Indians vs Premium Afghans - 8:00 PM

Premium Aussies vs Premium Windies - 11:30 PM

Friday, December 22

Premium Paks vs Premium Afghans - 8:00 PM

Premium Indians vs Premium Aussies - 11:30 PM

Saturday, December 23

Premium Windies vs Premium Afghans - 8:00 PM

Premium Aussies vs Premium Americans - 11:30 PM

Sunday, December 24

Premium Indians vs Premium Paks - 8:00 PM

Premium Canadians vs Premium Aussies - 11:30 PM

Monday, December 25

Premium Canadians vs Premium Americans - 8:00 PM

Premium Paks vs Premium Aussies - 11:30 PM

Tuesday, December 26

Premium Indians vs Premium Canadians - 8:00 PM

Premium Afghans vs Premium Americans - 11:30 PM

Wednesday, December 27

Premium Canadians vs Premium Afghans - 8:00 PM

Premium Windies vs Premium Paks - 11:30 PM

Thursday, December 28

Premium Windies vs Premium Canadians - 8:00 PM

Premium Indians vs Premium Americans - 11:30 PM

Friday, December 29

Premium Canadians vs Premium Paks - 8:00 PM

Premium Aussies vs Premium Afghans - 11:30 PM

Saturday, December 30

Semi-final 1 (1st v 4th) - 8:00 PM

Semi-final 2 (2nd v 3rd) - 11:30 PM

Sunday, December 31

American Premier League 2023 final - 9:00 PM

American Premier League 2023 teams and squads

Premium Afghans: Ihsanullah Janat (captain), Usman Ghani (vice-captain), Samiullah Shinwari, Abdul Wasi, Yousuf Zazai, Samit Patel, Abuzar Safi, Atiq Niazi, Jamahid Mir Alikhil, Waqarullah Ishaq, Jay G Patel, Noman Bardasht, Obaidullah Aslami, Saboor Hairan, Venkat Maheesh Kolahalam

Premium Americans: Dan Lawrence, Kjorn Ottley, Gurbaksh Singh Khaira, Navanpreet Brar, Karan Chandel (wicket-keeper), Aimal Khan, Nehal Katakdhond, Merwe Erasmus, Abhijeet Singh, Raj Patel, Navin Stewart, Sheldon Cottrell, Amir Hamza, Imran Khan Jr, Marlon Richards, Imran Khan, Matiullah Khan, Ahsan Baig, Sabir Ali, Shubham Sheokand

Premium Aussies: Kirstan Kallicharan, Rehman Dar, Arir Ali, Rubal Raina, Raj Vyas, Gihan Senanayake (wicket-keeper), Thisara Perera, Ben Cutting, Simi Singh, Shams Arefeen, Ahsan Shah, Harpreet Singh, Tirth Patel, Sanchit Sandhu, Rajveer Singh Khosa, Shreyan Satheesh, Elias Sunny, Imran Khan Jr, Imran Khan, Hamza Khalid, Usman Ashraf, Laksh Parikh, Ruben Clinton

Premium Canadians: Navneet Dhaliwal (captain), Saad Bin Zafar (vice-captain), Salman Nazar, Ravinderpal Singh, Dillon Heyliger, Pargat Singh, Sai Gautam Gajjala, Balpreet Singh, Jessy Singh, Ritwik Behera, Rashesh Behra, Abdullah Ghazi, Nosherwan Khan, Neeraj Gohil, Puneet Tripathi

Premium Indians: Keval Patel (captain), Kieran Powell, Naman Patel, Sunny Patel, Tushar Srivastav, Rajdeep Darbar, Savan Patel, Ravi Bopara, Bipul Sharma, Stuart Binny, Rahkeem Cornwall, Adil Bhatti, Amad Butt, Sujeet Parbatani, Stephen Wiig, Anirudh Immanuel, Sohrawordi Shuvo, Jeremiah Louis, Nosthush Kenjige, Karthik Gatepalli, Dev Salian

Premium Paks: Fawad Alam, Angelo Perera, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohsin Bajwa, Ariful Haque, Umair Ali, Omer Farooq, Ryan Scott, Talha Mohammad, Sohail Tanvir, Nazmul Islam, Amila Aponso, JUsman Qadir, Mohammad Irfan, Fayaz Butt, Usman Rafiq, Burhan Saeed

Premium Windies: Chris Gayle (captain), Aaron Jones (vice-captain), Kevin Stoute, Jamar Hamilton, Javon Searles, Jonathan Foo, Raj Nannan, Hayden Walsh Jr, Terrence Hinds, Kwame Patton, Mario Labbon, Gajannad Singh, Shawn Findlay, Aaron Johnson, Kirk Thompson

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