Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that as many as 12 Indian players will feature in the inaugural edition of the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) T20 tournament according to a report in 'islandcricket' website.The tournament which is all set to get underway on July 19 will also see several other international stars including the likes of David Warner and Shaun Tait from Australia and Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies, who are currently playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), playing in the Island nation.
The tournament will also provide a platform for the Pakistani players to showcase their talents who found no takers in the IPL.
Shahid Afridi, who will be captaining a team in the tournament, along with Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Akmal will represent the Pakistani talent on show.
South Africa's dashing batsman Herschelle Gibbs and veteran Makhaya Ntini are amongst the other big names on show.
All matches will be held at the R Premadasa Stadium here.
The Indian players who figure in the list posted by the website include Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary, Paul Valthaty, Ravindra Jadeja, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin.
However, the inclusion of Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel and Ashwin has come as a surprise as the trio will be on national duty as India is scheduled to visit England during the month of July for a four-match Test series followed by five-match one-day series and a one-off Twenty20 match.
Other international stars in the list include Warner, Tait, Callum Ferguson, Daniel Christian (Australia), Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Imran Nazir, Afridi, Akhtar, Tanvir, Akmal, Wahab Riaz (Pakistan), Albie Morkel, Gibbs, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Ntini (South Africa), Gayle, Danza Hyatt, Darren Bravo, Pollard (West Indies).
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