Tamim shortlisted for Sri Lanka Premier League T20 !

[Naimul_Hd]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has secured the service of Tamim Iqbal including several prominent overseas cricketers for Sri Lanka Premier League T20 (SLPL) which will get underway from July 19. Was hoping to see few more Bangladeshis though. Nice to see Kevin O'Brien in the list

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has secured the services of several prominent overseas cricketers, including the likes of David Warner and Shaun Tait from Australia and Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies for the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League T20 tournament (SLPL).

Shahid Afridi, who will be captaining a team in the tournament, along with Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Akmal represent some of the Pakistani talent on show.


As many as 12 Indian players are expected to feature in the tournament. South Africa’s dashing Herschelle Gibbs and veteran Makhaya Ntini are amongst the other big names on show.


The first edition of the SLPL will get underway on July 19. All matches will be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Full list of overseas players:

Australia: David Warner, Shaun Tait, Callum Ferguson, Daniel Christian.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal.

India: Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary, Munaf Patel, Paul Valthaty, Praveen Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar.

Ireland: Kevin O'Brien.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori.

Pakistan: Imran Nazir Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz.

South Africa: Albie Morkel, Herschelle Gibbs, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Makhaya Ntini.

West Indies: Chris Gayle Danza Hyatt, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard.

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[Naimul_Hd]

Shakib will be busy with County during that time. That is why he is not able to play, i guess. Otherwise, he would have been picked too for sure !

Now, i do not expect Tamim to get the same treatment that Mashrafe and Shakib got from IPL snobs.

[Tiger444]

Thanks for the news Naimul_Hd! I'm positive that Tamim will get a bid. It will be a good experience for him and is much better then sitting around at home. It should shake the rust off him before we play some important tours.

[Sohel]

I'd love to see him standing next to Arjuna and gauge who has the bigger bhur'hi.

[Ace of BD]

how much is Tamim gonna earn?

[Rabz]

Good news for Tamim !!
Hope he does well in the series and earns name for himself..

[amar11432]

PLEASE NO more of these T20 BullS*its. I hope BD players finally understand that they are going to be sidelined in these crappy tournament. Besides we have the Zim tour coming up. BCB should make its own T20 franchise league. If lanka with 1/3 of BD's GDP can support such a league y cant we?

[idrinkh2O]

That's a great news!!! Hopefully, it will prepare him to do well in Zim series

[uss01]

Dude BCB already has a franchise system for t-20's. Remember the NCL t-20 league?

Originally Posted by amar11432
BCB should make its own T20 franchise league. If lanka with 1/3 of BD's GDP can support such a league y cant we?

[dolcevita]

The maximum salary cap for this season is 35000$ ( or 30000)
if there was a T20 league in BD he would get much more
neverthless could be a good experience he needs some practice

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[Shayaan]

Bangladesh will leave for Zimbabwe on July 18, so I don't see any chance of Tamim playing there

[Isnaad]

Yeah, Tamim wont be able to play so lets forget it...

[Isnaad]

Originally Posted by amar11432
PLEASE NO more of these T20 BullS*its. I hope BD players finally understand that they are going to be sidelined in these crappy tournament. Besides we have the Zim tour coming up. BCB should make its own T20 franchise league. If lanka with 1/3 of BD's GDP can support such a league y cant we?

Sri Lanka's GDP is almost double of Bangladesh. Not one third :P

[beshideshi]

NCL T20 is actually a very well paid tournament, Aiden Blizzard earned upto 3500$ per game.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by Shayaan
Bangladesh will leave for Zimbabwe on July 18, so I don't see any chance of Tamim playing there

then how come SLC has confirmed the service of Tamim ? AFAIK, SLC contacted players first whether they would be available to play.

[Ian Pont]

I strongly doubt whether Tamim or any other National player will be allowed to play - or even be able to go.

I have no idea where this 'report' originates but with a BD tour to Zimbabwe LEAVING towards the middle to end of July, national training camps preparing the players for Test matches before that, and fitness regimes being implemented from June 1st by Grant Luden, it's just a non-starter, IMO.

Can you imagine any player getting injured at a 'made up' SLCT20 before the biggest 7 months in BD cricket with 5 series (Test and ODIs) being planned against Zim, WI, Eng, Pak and SL?

However, with the ZIM series as a priority in less than 40 odd days, you can work it out for yourself.

[Banglaguy]

Originally Posted by Ian Pont
I strongly doubt whether Tamim or any other National player will be allowed to play - or even be able to go.

I have no idea where this 'report' originates but with a BD tour to Zimbabwe LEAVING towards the middle to end of July, national training camps preparing the players for Test matches before that, and fitness regimes being implemented from June 1st by Grant Luden, it's just a non-starter, IMO.

Can you imagine any player getting injured at a 'made up' SLCT20 before the biggest 7 months in BD cricket with 5 series (Test and ODIs) being planned against Zim, WI, Eng, Pak and SL?

However, with the ZIM series as a priority in less than 40 odd days, you can work it out for yourself.

There's an england series? when? And Sri lanka? I thought it was a 5 match odi series after the asia cup

[simon]

well if there is a Zim series than forget it.
otherwise could hv been a good experience,
BTW it has been long time we didn't play an intnl T20.

[Banglaguy]

Originally Posted by simon
well if there is a Zim series than forget it.
otherwise could hv been a good experience,
BTW it has been long time we didn't play an intnl T20.

Yeah, the last time we played a T20 was the loss to Ireland in the WC.

[Ian Pont]

Originally Posted by Banglaguy
There's an england series? when? And Sri lanka? I thought it was a 5 match odi series after the asia cup

FTP (Future Tours Program) are discussing things with all boards concerned. As we know, many things change but there are 5 mini series planned (we cannot expect more for BD than modest series at this stage) - 4 in BD and the one in Zim.

[lamisa]

awww, poor tamim! the exposure would have done him a world of good!!! he's known to be an aggressive player but hasn't really had the chance to show off his skills in a t20 match. this would have been a good test and platform for him

[Banglaguy]

Originally Posted by Ian Pont
FTP (Future Tours Program) are discussing things with all boards concerned. As we know, many things change but there are 5 mini series planned (we cannot expect more for BD than modest series at this stage) - 4 in BD and the one in Zim.

by mini series, what do you mean boss?

[abirohahid]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
Shakib will be busy with County during that time. That is why he is not able to play, i guess. Otherwise, he would have been picked too for sure !

Now, i do not expect Tamim to get the same treatment that Mashrafe and Shakib got from IPL snobs.

tamim hi how r u?

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by abirohahid
tamim hi how r u?

Abir o Hahid bhai, are you by any chance Shahreer Nafees?

[shakibrulz]

Ian,
I doubt most of those series would take place. They can play Zim without Tamim, the ODIs that is.