Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has expressed that with the amount of improvement in the Afghanistan team in such a short time, they can have a very successful future. He also hopes that the Afghanistan Premier League will also help the country's cricket progress and make them ready for bigger games ahead.

Like the 2009 and 2014 editions, the Indian Premier League (IPL) next season in 2019 might be played outside India due to the general elections and South Africa has been the preferred destination once again. During 2009, it was held in South Africa while 2014 saw IPL partially in the UAE and India.

According to reports, ICC’s full members are on the verge of clamping down on player participation in domestic T20 leagues and may well also stop sanctioning such leagues in Associate Member countries. The final decision of the proceedings will take place at the October round of the ICC meetings.

Playing under MS Dhoni's captaincy for CSK during the IPL, Deepak Chahar has stated that the skipper had duly motivated him and turned him into a better player with his belief in him. Even after two weeks of IPL finals, Chahar said that the win is being celebrated by the people of his city.