LAHORE: Star All-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi has explained the reason to his fans for why his name is was not included in 75-players draft finalised for Pakistan Cup One Day tournament.
Afridi took twitter to reveal that he is going to perform Umrah with family, and therefore will not be able to play Pakistan Cup tournament.
Won’t be playing #PakistanCup as I am leaving for Ummrah IA. Wish all players & captains goodluck. Hope we have great event.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) April 12, 2016
Afridi also wished captains of all the teams and hoped that the tournament gets success.
Earlier, cricket fans were left startled when PCB did not include Shahid Afridi’s name in the initial players draft of 75-players.
Pakistan Cup will include teams from the country’s four provinces and a Federal Capital side, PCB announced on Monday.
Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali and Misbah-Ul-Haq will lead the sides from Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Federal Capital respectively.
The draft process was also adopted during the teams’ selection for the Pakistan Super League which was held earlier this year.
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