Pakistan’s new opening sensation and ICC Champions Trophy star Fakhar Zaman alongside his teammate Babar Azam have become the latest entrants to participate in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2017, which is scheduled to kick start on August 4. (Read Here: Shoaib Akhtar Reveals The Name of The Batsman Whom He Wanted To Hit).
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.
However, the two matches are scheduled in the United States on America (USA) at its Florida ground, as the step has been taken to extend the game while revealing the promotions would help to take a cricket to a new high.
As CPL is growing to impress and introduce the players from different countries, it has also left a significant mark on Pakistani players, who turned out to get drafted into the squads of different teams of the CPL entity.
The left-handed batsman Zaman, who has played a pivotal role in helping his national side to lift the maiden title of the ICC Champions Trophy, has already sought 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 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.
Moreover, the other players include Sohail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali
Interestingly, the 32-year-old Punjab-born left-arm fast bowler Tanvir, who has been a prominent face in the Pakistan cricket, was the expensive player to be framed in for the first round when players were drafted into the list.
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.
On the other side, the 22-year-old Lahore-born batsman has featured in eight Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan in which he has scored 253 runs at an average of 50.60. He has also featured in 31 ODIs and nine Tests for Pakistan.
Both the promising prospects are expecting to give their best in the forthcoming Windies domestic competition while facing the different set of bowlers.