Six Bangladeshi cricketers, including Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, have been included in the player draft of the upcoming Lankan Premier League (LPL).
Mehdy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar have also been added to the draft.
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Despite concerns over coronavirus in the Asia-Pacific region, the league is set to commence on July 30, and it will run for three weeks.
"Last year's success has certainly made a difference, with more players from many cricket playing countries looking forward to playing in the LPL, which is a very good sign for the league and Lankan cricket," Sri Lanka Cricket Vice-President Ravin Wickremaratne told the media.
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Australia's Usman Khawaja, James Faulkner, the West Indies' Sherfane Rutherford, Nicolas Pooran; Pakistan's Haris Sohail, Waqas Maqsood, Muhammed Hasnain, Mohammed Irfan; South Africa's Temba Bavuma, Rilee Rossouw, David Wiese; Afghanistan's Asghar Afghan, Mohammed Shahzad, Naveen Ul Haq, Usman Shinwari are also part of the LPL draft line-up.