Sri Lanka Twenty20 Premier League's international draft was announced today, each team has a pool of 8 foreign player. Big names from Pakistan, including Misbah-ul-Haq, will be part of SLPL's first edition but there is surprise omission as Mohammad Hafeez, T20 captain of Pakistan, isn't selected for any team.
Shahid Afridi, who was earlier reported to be icon player of Negenahira, is moved to Ruhuna. Negenahira's icon player will now be Angelo Mathews as per latest reports. Chris Gayle remains the only foreign player to be an icon player of a SLPL franchise.
SLPL will start from August 10 and ends on August 31. Many Pakistan players will be missing the ending stage of the event as Pakistan-Australia limited-over series starts from August 28 in UAE.
Following is the list of all international players participating in the event. The list of all Sri Lankan players will be announced tomorrow.
Uthura: Shakib-ul-Hasan, Imran Farhat, Brendon Taylor, Kevon Cooper, Fidel Edwards, David Miller, Dillon De Prees, Samuel Badree. [Icon Player: Muttiah Muralitharan]
Nagenahira: Mitchell Marsh, Imran Nazir, Travis Birt, Ahmad Shehzad, Ben Laughlin, Elias Sunny, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain. [Icon player: Angelo Mathews]
Ruhuna: Shahid Afridi, Daniel Harris, Ryan Harris, Aaron Finch, Jerome Taylor, Nathan McCullum, Ryan Mclaren, Richard Levi. [Icon player: Lasith Malinga]
Wayamba: Azhar Mahmood, Umar Akmal, Tamim Iqbal, Colin Ingram, Kemar Roach, James Faulkner, Abdul Razzaq, Brad Hogg. [Icon player: Mahela Jaywardene]
Kandurata: Saeed Ajmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Chris Lyn, Dane James Vilas, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Adam Voges. [Icon Player: Kumar Sangakkara]
Basnahira: Brad Hodge, Marlon Samuels, Daniel Smith, Dirk Nannes, Robin Peterson, Tim Southee, Clint McKay, Cameron Borgas. [Icon player: Tilakarratne Dilshan]
Uva: Andrew McDonald, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik, Callum Freguson, James Franklin, Abdur Rehman, Hammad Azam, Chris Gayle. [Icon player: Chris Gayle]
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