CAPE TOWN, Dec 25 (https://www.sport24.co.za): South African spinner Imran Tahir will join his former teammate AB de Villiers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which gets under way next year.
The Sylhet Sixers announced on their Twitter account this weekend the signing of Tahir.
Tahir will be in the presence of former Australian vice-captain David Warner in the Sixers change room.
Warner is currently serving his one-year ban from Cricket Australia following his role in the infamous Newlands ball-tampering scandal earlier this year.
Warner will captain the Sixers in next month's tournament.
Meanwhile, former Proteas star batsman De Villiers signed a deal to play for the BPL defending champions, the Rangpur Riders.
Other South Africans playing in Bangladesh include Rilee Rossouw, who will join De Villiers at the Riders, Christiaan Jonker, who will play for Rajshahi Kings, Cameron Delport and Robbie Frylinck, who will represent Chittagong Vikings.
The tournament gets under way from January 5 to February 18, 2019.
South African spinner Tahir joins de Villiers in BPL 2019
FE Team | Published: December 25, 2018 21:12:10
South African spinner Tahir joins de Villiers in BPL 2019
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