Some ex Indian Players will be playing the Zim Afro T10 League tournament in Zimbabwe. Indians Players are Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, S Sreesanth, Parthiv Patel, Robin Uthappa and Stuart Binny. Tournament will take place from 20th July and the final will be played on 29th July.
Sreesanth, Irfan and Uthappa will be seen in Sanjay Dutt’s Team “Harare Hurricanes”. Binny and Parthiv will be in the “Cape Town Samp Army”. Yusuf will be in the “Joburg Buffaloes”. Two other teams are the “Durban Qalanders” and “Bulawayo Braves”.
Owners for the franchise are:
| Teams | Owners |
| Harare Hurricanes | Sanjay Dutt & Sohan Roy. |
| Cape Town Samp Army | Ritesh Patel. |
| Joburg Buffaloes | To be announced. |
| Durban Qalandars | Sameen Naeen Rana. |
| Bulawayo Braves | To be announced. |
Pakistani & Indian Players and their same Team:
Cape Town Samp Army- Mohd Irfan (PAK), Parthiv Patel & Stuart Binny (IND).
Joburg Buffaloes- Yusuf Pathan (IND) & Mohd Hafeez (PAK).
Zimbabwe Cricket Managing Director Mr Givemore Makoni said,
“This is a historic day for Zimbabwean Cricket and we can’t wait to open up the doors for such talented cricketers. Each of the five squads look extremely strong and I am sure the cricket on display will be of the highest order. And I am delighted that the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 will also give the young cricketers a boost as they will be rubbing shoulders with some of the best players in the world.”
Mr Nawab Shaji Ul Mulk, T Ten Global Sports Founder and Chairman said,
“The Zim Cyber City Afro T10’s player draft is a very big day for the T Ten family and Zimbabwean Cricket also. We are very happy to see that the squads are all well balanced and quite strong, which means the tournament will be a tight one. We can’t wait for the tournament to begin and then have some of the best cricketers from Zimbabwe and around the world entertain one and all. I would like to wish all the teams the very best as they begin preparing for the cricket festival.”