LAHORE: The Pakis­tan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued NOC to 15 international players for participating in the Bangla­desh Premier League to be held from Nov 4 to Dec 9.

However, the PCB kept pending the cases of NOC for Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Babar Azam, three key players of the national team.

Rising all-rounder Imad Wasim is among the players who have been given NOC. Left-handed Imad, 27, is now an integral part of the national limited-overs squads.

Former national T20 skipper Shahid Afridi, Test pacer Junaid Khan, fast bowler Mohammad Sami, and opener Nasir Jamshed are prominent in the list of players with the NOC.

Players given the NOC:

Khalid Latif, Mohammad Sami, Shahzaib Hassan, Rumman Raees Khan, Mohammad Asghar Durrani, Junaid Khan, Imran Khan Jr, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Shahid Afridi, Usama Mir, Sohail Tanveer, Imad Wasim.

Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2016