The insistence of organizing PSL along with IPL is now costing the Pakistan Cricket Board a lot. Pakistani league is going to start from 26th March but before that many foreign players are withdrawing their names. The reason is the opportunity to play in IPL. The 19th season of IPL, the world's biggest T20 league, is starting from March 28 but even before that many players have been ruled out due to injury. A new name has been added to this list and this is Sri Lankan T20 captain Dasun Shanka, who is leaving PSL and coming to IPL.
Sri Lankan captain and all-rounder Dasun Shanka starts from March 26. pakistan super league He is a part of Lahore Qalandars in the 11th season of IPL. This team had bought Shanaka for 75 lakh Pakistani rupees in the first auction. While Shanaka was preparing to play in this tournament, the doors of IPL opened for him. According to reports, Rajasthan Royals is going to sign Shanaka and it may be announced soon.
According to the report of Cricbuzz, Rajasthan Royals officials have said that they are going to sign Shanaka and his name will be announced after completing some important paperwork with Sri Lanka Cricket. The Sri Lankan star got this opportunity due to the injury of Rajasthan Royals' English all-rounder Sam Curran, who is out of the tournament. This is the third time that Shanaka will be playing in the IPL, but coincidentally all three times he is coming as an injury replacement for a player instead of being bought in the auction.
Earlier, Zimbabwean fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani had withdrawn his name from PSL and then joined Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement. After Shanaka, there are talks of another foreign player withdrawing his name from the Pakistani league. There are reports that Australian fast bowler Spencer Johnson may return to IPL again and he can replace Nathan Ellis in Chennai Super Kings, who was out of IPL. Johnson was bought by Quetta Gladiators in the PSL auction.
