A number of Pakistan cricketers have signed up for Lanka Premier League (LPL).
The nationwide workforce’s skipper Babar Azam together with Naseem Shah, Wahab Riaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Mohammad Nawaz, have been included within the squad of Colombo Strikers. They’ve now been joined by left-handed batter, Imam-ul-Haq as a latest addition to the Colombo Strikers squad. The Pakistan cricketer has changed Eire’s wicketkeeper-batter Lorcan Tucker within the Colombo Strikers workforce.
Babar additionally welcomed Imam to the squad, “Imam is a really skillful cricketer. His addition to our facet is a large increase for us. The kids in our workforce can even have an opportunity to be taught from him.”
The top coach of Colombo Strikers, Simon Helmot, said throughout a digital presser that he’s excited to work alongside Babar and that they’ve a secure squad.
“We now have a well-balanced squad. Sagar and the workforce did an ideal job on public sale day. It will be thrilling to work with Babar Azam. There are fairly a couple of kids in our group. The following problem for us shall be to do the job on match day. We’ll be trying to set the tone in our first match,” mentioned Helmot.
The Colombo Strikers pre-signed Babar and Naseem previous to the public sale, whereas bought Iftikhar Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, and Mohammad Nawaz for $50,000, $40,000, and $30,000, respectively.
The event is scheduled to happen from July 30 to August 22, 2023.