Ahead of the upcoming season of the International League T20 (ILT20 2024), the inaugural season’s finalists Desert Vipers have signed Shaheen Shah Afridi for the ILT20 Season 2.
The full list of new signings for Season 2 will be unveiled in the next few days, the tournament is scheduled to take place in January-February 2024.
Since his T20I debut in 2018, Shaheen has made phenomenal progress across formats, last year, he was adjudged the ICC Player of the Year and earned The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy – the biggest ICC annual award for a cricketer. His international wickets tally stands at 239 (105 Tests, 70 ODIs and 64 T20Is).
Shaheen has a real knack for taking wickets at the start of his bowling spells, the 23-year-old has so far captured 42 first-over wickets in the T20 format.
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At the signing, Shaheen Shah Afridi said, “I am excited to join the Desert Vipers. I know there are many Pakistan cricket fans in the UAE, and I hope they will support our team in the upcoming DP World ILT20.”
Shaheen’s signing adds even more value and quality to an already star-studded line-up of T20 stars in the ILT20. The six franchises have succeeded in retaining some of the biggest names in the global T20 circuit including last year’s top run-getter Alex Hales (Green Belt winner) and the highest wicket-taker Chris Jordan (White Belt winner).
Andre Russell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sikandar Raza, Chris Lynn, Kieron Pollard and Chris Woakes are amongst a whole host of the T20 bigwigs who will showcase their prowess in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah in the ILT20 Season 2 with more big names to be unveiled soon.
