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The IPL 2021 (UAE leg) begins on September 19th.
Rashid Khan is in the United Kingdom currently to perform in The Hundred
The CEO of SRH has confirmed that Rashid Khan would play in the upcoming UAE leg of the IPL.
The CEO of the SunRisers Hyderabad team, K. Shanmugam, has confirmed that Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi will go to the UAE to play in the upcoming edition of the IPL.
Questions have been raised over the availability of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi for the UAE portion of the Indian Premier League, which begins on September 19. Afghanistan’s two players have been given permission to play for the rest of the 14th IPL. A few days ago, SRH Sports chief K. Shanmugam spoke to ANI and claimed that the two Afghanistan players will be part of the IPL in the United Arab Emirates. He explained that he had not spoken to anyone about the present situation, but the participants were available for the event.
“When questioned about the team heading for UAE, he responded: ‘We will be departing on August 31.'”
Pakistan-born leg-spinner Rashid Khan is said to be apprehensive about the security situation in Afghanistan and is concerned that he and his family may be unable to leave the country.
International flight operations at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport have been suspended owing to the continued instability in Afghanistan.
Rashid is presently playing for Trent Rockets in the inaugural edition of The Hundred, a new professional basketball league that’s taking place in the United Kingdom.
“There are several occurrences at home. He had a long conversation with us here on the boundary about it, and he’s quite concerned because he doesn’t know how he’ll get his family out of Afghanistan and there are many events going on in his life “Pietersen made a statement on Sky Sports, saying,
“It’s amazing that he is able to forget about all that and to continue with the momentum that he has built. That is, perhaps, one of the most touching stories that we’ve seen in this one hundred so far “He went on to say that.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the complete IPL 2021 schedule this month, which will be staged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
There will be a total of 31 matches, each of which will be played over the course of 27 days. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing a 14th season postponement in May, the season will finally get underway in Dubai on September 19 when two of the most prominent Indian cricket teams, the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians, face off in a blockbuster game.
After Kolkata Knight Riders are done in by the Royal Challengers, action shifts to Abu Dhabi for the game between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The first cricket game ever to be played in Sharjah will take place on September 24, when the Bangalore Royal Challengers host the Super Kings from Chennai. One match will be staged in each of the emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi.
