Colombo Kings pick Du Plessis and Andre Russell for Lanka Premier League

Mumbai — Former SA captain Faf du Plessis and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell have been selected as the Colombo Kings’ overseas marquee players for November’s inaugural Lanka Premier League.

Led by Australian Dav Whatmore, who coached Sri Lanka to World Cup glory in 1996, Colombo also picked up former Lanka captain Angelo Mathews in an online draft late on Monday. The five-team Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka was scheduled to be held in August to September but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now take place from November 21 to December 13 in Kandy and Hambantota.

West Indies players Chris Gayle and Carlos Brathwaite , South African David Miller and Pakistanis Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik are among the other top foreign players who have signed up for the tournament.

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