Rashid Khan ends BBL boycott menace, nominates to play
Cricket Australia has been given a major enhance with Rashid Khan relenting on his menace to boycott the BBL and telling officers he intends on taking part in within the match this summer time.
Rashid created headlines in January when he threatened to give up the BBL over Australia’s determination to withdraw from a white-ball collection in opposition to Afghanistan on human-rights grounds.
The world’s top-ranked T20 bowler was upset Cricket Australia had cancelled the collection based mostly on the Taliban’s ban on college training for ladies within the nation.
“If playing Afghanistan is so uncomfortable for Australia, then I wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable with my presence in the BBL. Therefore, I will be strongly considering my future in that competition.”
The official listing of gamers out there for subsequent Sunday’s abroad draft won’t be launched till Monday. But AAP has been instructed by league sources that the 24-year-old has nominated to function within the match.
CA made it clear in January that they stood by their place on skipping Afghanistan matches, however Rashid and every other gamers from the nation had been welcome within the BBL.
Fellow Afghan gamers Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmed and Izharulhaq Naveed have additionally now nominated for the draft after taking part in in Australia final summer time.
The largest of these stars, Rashid might be out there to Strikers as a first-round retention decide for this summer time, and could be anticipated to be stored by the franchise as their platinum choice.
It is probably going Rashid would function in a minimum of the primary seven video games for the Strikers, earlier than the South African T20 League begins on January 10 with the Afghan already signed on for.
Rashid first made his title in Australia as a 19-year-old when he was the main wicket-taker in 2017-18, claiming 18 scalps to assist spin the Strikers to their first title.