ARY Celebrity League

Pakistani cricket competition TV show

  • Khurram Farid
  • Asif Khan
Country of originPakistanOriginal languageUrduNo. of seasons1No. of episodes10ProductionProducers
  • Salman Iqbal
  • Jeerjes Seja
Camera setupMulti-cameraRunning time80–85 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkARY DigitalRelease30 January (2021-01-30) –
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)

ARY Celebrity League (ACL) is a Pakistani sports television show where Pakistani celebrities compete with each other in an indoor cricket game format.[1][2] A Second Season Is Expected To Premiere in 2022.

Teams and squads

The show consists of 5 teams consisting of 6 players (5 males and 1 female).

Bolan Knights Himalya Heroes Khyber Fighters Mehran Tigers Ravi Riders
  • Aijaz Aslam (captain)
  • Naeem Haque
  • Nazish Jahangir
  • Raeed Muhammad Alam
  • Faheem Abbas
  • Asim Mehmood
  • Humayun Saeed (captain)
  • Ali Rehman Khan (captain)
  • Ali Ansari (captain)
  • Salman Faisal
  • Mariam Ansari
  • Noman Habib
  • Hammad Farooqui
  • Zain Afzal
  • Agha Talal
  • Junaid Khan (captain)
  • Aiza Awan
  • Abdullah Ejaz
  • Arsalan Faisal
  • Haroon Shahid
  • Afraz Rasool
  • Rameez Siddique
  • Sami Khan (captain)
  • Ayaz Samoo
  • Kinza Hashmi
  • Naveed Raza
  • Fahad Shaikh
  • Faizan Shaikh

Match officials

Umpires

  • Pakistan Aabis Raza
  • Pakistan Nadeem Baig
  • Pakistan Badar Mehmood
  • Pakistan Moshin Mirza

Commentators

League stage

Format

The six teams played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four team in the group stage were qualified for the play-offs.

Points table

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts NRR
1 Mehran Tigers 5 5 0 1 10 +2.65
2 Ravi Raiders 4 4 0 2 8 +1.40
3 Himalya Heroes 4 1 0 3 2 -0.10
4 Khyber Fighters 4 1 0 3 2 -0.88
5 Bolan Knights 4 1 0 3 2 -1.46

Fixtures

30 February 2021
Ravi Raiders
59/3 (5 overs)
v
Himalya Heroes
54/6 (5 overs)
Salman Saeed 38 (16)
Salman Faisal 1/8 (1 over)
Salman Faisal 23 (13)
Naveen Waqar 2/13 (1 over)
Ravi Raiders won by 5 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Aabis Raza
  • Ravi Raiders won the toss and elected to bat

30 January 2021
Mehran Tigers
58/5 (5 overs)
v
Khyber Fighters
47/3 (5 overs)
Fahad Shaikh 52 (17)
Haroon Shahid 2/3 (1 over)
Arsalan Faisal 36 (20)
Sami Khan 1/9 (1 over)
Mehran Tigers won by 11 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Aabis Raza
  • Khyber Fighters won the toss and elected to field

6 February 2021
Bolan Knights
75/2 (5 overs)
v
Himalya Heroes
72/0 (5 overs)
Raeed Alam 32 (19)
Mariam Ansari 1/23 (1 over)
Salman Faisal 58 (17)
Asim Mehmood 0/17 (1 over)
Bolan Knights won by 4 wickets
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Baig
  • Himalya Heroes won the toss and chose to bat

6 February 2021
Bolan Knights
75/2 (5 overs)
v
Himalya Heroes
72/0 (5 overs)
Salman Saeed 39 (11)
Aiza Awan 1/21 (1 over)
Arsalan Faisal 50 (20)
Mirza Zain 1/10 (1 over)
Ravi Raiders won by 3 wickets
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Baig
  • Khyber Fighters won the toss and elected to bat

13 February 2021
Mehran Tigers
74/1 (5 overs)
v
Himalya Heroes
62/5 (5 overs)
Fahad Shaikh 46 (17)
Noman Habib 1/6 (1 over)
Humayun Saeed 18 (12)
Sami Khan 2/16 (1 over)
Mehran Tigers won by 12 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Baig
  • Mehran Tigers won the toss and elected to bat

13 February 2021
Ravi Raiders
71/2 5 overs)
v
Bolan Knights
55/3 (5 overs)
Mirza Zain 61 (17)
Aijaz Aslam 1/4 (1 over)
Humayun Saeed 18 (12)
Salman Saeed 2/3 (1 over)
Ravi Raiders won by 16 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Badar Mehmood
  • Bolan Knights won the toss and elected to field

20 February 2021
Himalya Heroes
78/4 (5 overs)
v
Khyber Fighters
60/5 (5 overs)
Salman Faisal 64 (20)
Abdullah Ejaz 1/13 (1 over)
Haroon Shahid 44 (17)
Ali Ansari 2/14 (1 over)
Himalya Heroes won by 18 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Badar Mehmood
  • Khyber Fighters won the toss and elected to field

20 February 2021
Ravi Raiders
88/1 (5 overs)
v
Mehran Tigers
82/0 (5 overs)
Mirza Zain 49 (20)
Ayaz Samoo 1/11 (1 over)
Fahad Shaikh 50 (18)
Adnan 0/13 (1 over)
Ravi Raiders won by 18 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Badar Mehmood
  • Ravi Raiders won the toss and elected to bat
27 February 2021
Khyber Fighters
65/1 (4.1 overs)
v
Bolan Knights
63/4 (5 overs)
Haroon Shahid 55 (15)
Aijaz Aslam 1/2 (1 over)
Raeed Alam 47 (18)
Haroon Shahid 2/10 (1 over)
Khyber Fighters won by 5 wickets
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Mohsin Mirza
  • Bolan Knights won the toss and elected to bat
27 February 2021
Mehran Tigers
71/5 (5 overs)
v
Bolan Knights
69/3 (5 overs)
Sami Khan
Aijaz Aslam 2/37 (1 over)
Raeed Alam 50 (19)
Sami Khan 1/9 (1 over)
Mehran Tigers won by 2 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Mohsin Mirza
  • Mehran Tigers won the toss and elected to bat

Playoffs

SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
20 March 2021 — ARY Studios, Karachi
Ravi Raiders91/2 (6 overs)Mehran Tigers
Himalya Heroes91/2 (6 overs)
Ravi Raiders
6 March 2021Himalya Heroes
Himalya Heroes74/4 (5 overs)
Bolan Knights47/5 (4 overs)

Eliminator 1

6 March 2021
Himalya Heroes
74/4 (5 overs)
v
Khyber Fighters
47/5 (4 overs)
Zain Afzal 37 (12)
Zain Afzal 3/6 (1 over)
Haroon Shahid 27 (10)
Haroon Shahid 3/6 (1 over)
Himalya Heroes won by 27 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Ahmad Bhatti
  • Khyber Fighters won the toss and chose to field

Qualifier

20 March 2021
Mehran Tigers
74/4 (5 overs)
v
Ravi Raiders
47/5 (4 overs)
Zain Afzal 37 (12)
Zain Afzal 3/6 (1 over)
Haroon Shahid 27 (10)
Haroon Shahid 3/6 (1 over)
Mehran Tigers won by 8 runs
ARY Studios, Karachi
Umpires: Ahmad Bhatti
  • Ravi Raiders won the toss and chose to bat

Eliminator 2

Ravi Raiders
v
Himalya Heroes
ARY Studios, Karachi

References

  1. ^ "Ary Digital Celebrity League- Indoor Cricket".
  2. ^ "Ary Digital Celebrity League to premier on 30 January".