ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has joined Pakistani professional cricket franchise, Lahore Qalandars, for the remaining matches of the ongoing Pakistan Super League.
Top Pakistani cricket website A Sports reported that the star spinner arrived in Karachi from Dubai in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to play in PSL after missing the first two games of his side. He is expected to be part of Lahore Qalandars' third PSL encounter today, Tuesday, against the Quetta Gladiators.
"Khush Amdeed (welcome)," the Lahore team said on Twitter.
England's Sam Billings was playing for Lahore as a replacement for Khan after defending champions, the Qalandars, roped him in for PSL 2023 in an online Replacement Draft.
Billings had written on Twitter that he was delighted to join the Qalandars' family: "So happy to join the Lahore Qalandars family! Can't wait to play in Pakistan for the first time."
Lahore Qalandars, which represent the eastern city of Lahore, is currently captained by Shaheen Afridi and coached by Aaqib Javed, a former Pakistani cricketer.
The team finished at the bottom spot on the points table in each of the first four seasons of the PSL, before making its first appearance in the final in the 2020 edition. The team then won the 2022 PSL edition.