PESHAWAR: The House of Zalmi, which has already made a mark with its team Peshawar Zalmi lifting the Pakistan Super League (PSL) trophy this year, is making waves in international cricket as well.

Its second cricket franchise, Benoni Zalmi, will be launched this week by CEO Javed Afridi for the upcoming Global T20 League which will be held under the aegis of Cricket South Africa (CSA).He will also unveil a big name of world cricket as the head coach of his team on Aug 21.

On Aug 27, all eight teams of the Global T20 League will pick their squads in a much-awaited draft at Cape Town.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2017

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