Capital Premier League to roll into action from March 14.

ISLAMABAD -- The inaugural edition of Capital Premier League (CPL) will get underway from March 14 at Rawal Cricket Ground Rawalpindi wherein country's top-notch wheelchair players will showcase their skills, Pakistan Wheelchair Cricket Council (PWCC) said on Monday.

'The PWCC is hosting the event in collaboration with the Bank of Punjab', Rookhsana Rajpoot, the president of PWCC told reporter.

According to Rookhsana, people who have some limitations by their body parts are blessed with strong resilience and determination and the league will be a manifestation of that.

'In the CPL you will see them telling the world that they are not bound by their disabilities rather they are blessed with special abilities."

'It will not be merely a league where contests will take place between different teams but the event will provide a chance to the wheelchair cricketers to prove their talent to the world,' she added.

She said the first edition of the event...

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