Bangladesh’s Shoriful Islam celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Reeza Hendricks. — Reuters/File
Peshawar Zalmi has introduced the direct signing of Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam for the eleventh version of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL), scheduled to play from March 26 to Might 3.
The franchise made the announcement via its official social media handles by sharing an animated poster of the Bangladesh pacer donning its jersey and sitting on an ornate throne beside Bengal Tigers.
“The Yellow Storm just got stronger with your arrival! [Bangladesh] express left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam is ready to unleash the Pakistan Super League in yellow,” Zalmi captioned the publish.
Islam has been an integral a part of Bangladesh’s males’s cricket crew throughout codecs since making his worldwide debut in 2021, having represented the nation in 14 Exams, 40 ODIs and 59 T20Is.
He additionally boasts a wealth of expertise in T20s, having performed 156 matches and picked up 195 wickets at a good common of twenty-two.27 and an financial system price of 8.22.
Islam is without doubt one of the most sought-after gamers within the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and is among the many prime 10 main wicket-takers within the match’s historical past, having taken 87 scalps in 60 innings at a outstanding bowling common of 20.35.
In the meantime, the upcoming stint with Zalmi can be his first PSL look.
Earlier at present, Peshawar Zalmi additionally roped in rising left-arm seamer Muhammad Basit because the 2017 champions additional strengthened their squad for PSL 11, which can characteristic eight groups and can be performed throughout six venues within the nation for the primary time.
For the unversed, Zalmi are scheduled to kick off their PSL 11 marketing campaign on March 28 once they lock horns with Pindiz on the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium.
Peshawar Zalmi squad for PSL 11:
Babar Azam (c), Sufiyan Muqeem, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza and Aaron Hardie (Direct Signing), Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris, Khalid Usman, Abdul Subhan, James Vince, Michael Bracewell, Kusal Mendis, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mirza Tahir Baig, Shahnawaz Dahani (Direct Signing), Farhan Yousaf (Direct Signing), Muhammad Basit (Direct Signing) and Shoriful Islam (Direct Signing).
