The Great Gamble
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South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has joined the Euro T20 Slam as a ‘marquee player’.
The 2019 Euro T20 Slam is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam, a Twenty20 cricket tournament co-hosted by Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland and the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB).
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The tournament will commence from August 30, featuring six teams. The teams will play against each other in a double round-robin format followed by a knockout round.
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Shortly after the competition was announced, six top cricketers — Shahid Afridi, Chris Lynn, Shane Watson, Babar Azam, Brendon McCullum and Luke Ronchi — were designated as icon/marquee players by the league.
Star players like Eoin Morgan, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir and Rashid Khan have joined the tournament and more high-profile cricketers are expected to join the league.
Steyn, who has joined the tournament as a marquee player, was ruled out of the ongoing World Cup in England and Wales without playing a single match for South Africa. He had picked up a shoulder injury during the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) where he played only two matches for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
The 36-year-old speedster has 439 wickets from 93 Test matches and 196 wickets from 125 ODIs. Steyn has also scored two half-centuries in Tests and one in ODIs.
(With inputs from IANS)
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