Shadab Khan to play Surrey’s next season ‘T20 Blast’

Pakistan’s leg-spinner Shadab Khan has joined next season of Surrey, T20 Blast.

The exciting news was announced on the official twitter account of Surrey Cricket.

“Our first @VitalityBlast signing of the day is @76ShadabKhan

117 international wickets at just 21 years old!”

Our first @VitalityBlast signing of the day is @76ShadabKhan ✍

1⃣1⃣7⃣ international wickets at just 21 years old!

— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) October 24, 2019

After joining the county cricket club, the 21-year-old dynamic leg-spinner said, “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity to play county cricket for a long time and T20 cricket at The Kia Oval is a great place to start.”

Khan further added, “I’m honored to be following in the footsteps of some great Pakistan cricketers and will do my best to make both my new team and the Surrey fans proud.”

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On this occasion, the director of cricket Alec Stewart also added that, “Shadab is one of the most exciting spin bowlers in world cricket and we look forward to seeing him perform for Surrey next year.”

Earlier, Shadab was also selected for “The Hundred” competition in London.

Shadab Khan has collected around 117 international wickets in five test matches and 43 wickets in one-day international tournaments.