Khaled is the only Bangladeshi in the South African league draft

The South Africa T20 League is going to start in January next year. Before this, the players draft of this franchise-based tournament will be held on September 19. Where Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed named. He is the only Bangladeshi among the 285 foreigners in the preliminary list of the Players’ Draft.

However, for the first time, no Indian cricketer has been named in the draft of this league. A total of 533 cricketers are named in the players’ draft. The reason why no Indian cricketer is named in it is because the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) does not allow Indians to play outside the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Meanwhile, it is known that Khaled of Bangladesh has given his name to the auction list at a base price of 1 lakh 75 thousand rand (South African currency). Which is 9 lakh 61 thousand (approx) in Bangladeshi Taka. Besides, West Indies’ Jayden Sills and Odin Smith fetched the highest base price of 17 lakh 50 thousand rand in the auction.

Note that a total of 6 teams will participate in this South African league. All of which have been bought by IPL franchise owners. Each franchise can make a team with a maximum of 17 cricketers. In this, each team has already added 2-5 cricketers to the team from outside the auction.

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafiz are regular faces in IPL. However, they do not have a name in the African league. It remains to be seen whether any team buys Khaled in the African league. Then he will be the first Bangladeshi cricketer to play in the South Africa League.