Twelve Indians intended for 'SL Premier League'


As many as twelve Indian cricketers, with Munaf Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, are predictable to feature in the first version of the Sri Lankan Premier League this year.

According to a statement, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has protected the services of several famous overseas cricketers, with Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, who are currently occupied in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Apart from Gayle, whose sweltering stroke play has put the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the top of the point table in the fourth version of the IPL, SLPL is also predictable to feature Daniel Vettori, whose IPL journey was cut short after a chronic knee injury.

Among the Indian players on the SLPL radar, the enclosure of Patel and Ashwin as well Praveen Kumar, who was lately selected for the West Indies tour after not present the ICC World Cup due to an prod injury, comes as a surprise as the trio is likely to be on national duty during that period.

India is planned to visit England during the month of July for a four-match Test series follow by a one-day event and a one-off Twenty20 match.

The other Indian players who shape in the list posted by the website take in Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary, Paul Valthaty, Ravindra Jadeja, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar.

The inventory, which in all skin 33 overseas players so far, also include the names of David Warner, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Akmal, Albie Morkel, Herschelle Gibbs, Kevin O'Brien and Tamim Iqbal among others.

Basnahira Western region Bears, Kandurata Hill Country Kites, Nagenahira East Nagas, Ruhunu South Rhinos, Uthuru North Oryxes, Uva South Western Unicorns and Wayamba North Western Wolves are the franchise in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League which will be play between July 19 and August 4 this year at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

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