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Seven Pakistan players to stay back for LPL, Rizwan to depart for GT20 Canada

Pakistan squad members will begin their departure from Colombo on Thursday night

Seven Pakistan players to stay back for LPL, Rizwan to depart for GT20 Canada PHOTO: AFP

Pakistan squad members will begin their departure from Colombo on Thursday night.

Mohammad Rizwan will depart for Canada tonight to participate in the GT20 Canada.

Karachi-bound players – Abrar Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood – will depart for Dubai in the wee hours of Friday and then to Karachi. Noman Ali will travel to Karachi on 29 July.

Sialkot-bound players – Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Huraira – will depart Colombo on late Friday evening.

Lahore-bound Salman Ali Agha and Cliffe Deacon will depart for Lahore on 29 July.

Seven Pakistan cricketers - Babar Azam, Aamir Jamal, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Hasan Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed – will stay in Sri Lanka for the Lanka Premier League

Morne Morkel (28 July) and Grant Bradburn (29 July) will depart for Australia, while batting coach Andrew Puttick, and strength and conditioning coach Drikus Saaiman will travel to South Africa on 28 July.