Mohammed Hafeez joins St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for CPL 2019
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez will turn up for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2019 season of Caribbean Premier League. The veteran all-rounder has been drafted in as a replacement for South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen who is unavailable due to national commitments.
Hafeez has been one of the most consistent players for Pakistan in the last few years and has accumulated, 6614 and 1908 runs in ODIs and T20Is respectively. Although he is past his prime, he still accumulated 253 runs in the World Cup, ending up as one of Pakistanās highest run scorers. His useful off-spin is also a boon for Pakistan over the years as Hafeez has as many as 54 wickets to his name in T20Is.
Patriots' Director of Cricket Robin Singh, talking about the same, said, "We are delighted to have someone with so much experience in T20 cricket joining our squad for the 2019 season. Hafeez is a fantastic player who has had experience of cricket all over the world. We are certain that he will be a huge success at this year's event, and we are really looking forward to him joining us at our training camp ahead of the competition."
Hafeez, on his part, noted: "I really enjoyed my time with the Patriots in 2017 and was very pleased to be asked to join them for the 2019 season. The CPL is a competition which has got better every single year and it is great to be involved again after a season off. The Patriots have a really strong squad this year and I am really looking forward to joining up with the rest of the boys."
Patriots finished as the runners-up in the 2017 season and will start their CPL campaign against Trinbago Knight Riders on September 3.