Pakistani players set to feature in Caribbean Premier League

The six-team tournament is supervised and organised by Windies Cricket Board (WCB), and as many as four editions have taken place since its inception in 2013.

As many as ten Pakistan players have been drafted in the CPL, in a bid to perform and give their best owing to their hard work they are looking forward to putting in.

The 27-year-old left-handed Mardan-born batsman Zaman scored 252 runs in four matches at an average of 63 while smashing a hundred and two fifties in the Champions Trophy held in England and Wales.

Moreover, the other players include Sohail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali.

Azam has been named a replacement for the injured Chris Lynn for the Guyana Amazon Warriors, while Nevis Patriots have called up Hasan Ali for Kieran Powell.

The left-handed batsman Zaman, who played a pivotal role in helping his national side to lift the maiden ICC Champions Trophy title, has already sought a No Objection Certificate (NOC), from the National Board which further saw the middle-order batsman Azam applying to touch down on the Caribbean shores.

As CPL is growing to impress and introduce the players from different countries, it has also left a significant mark on Pakistani players.

Pakistan’s new opening sensation, Fakhar Zaman alongside his teammate Babar Azam have become the latest entrants to the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2017, which is scheduled to kick start on August 4.