Runners-up from the 2017 edition of HKT20 Blitz, City Kaitak have announced a strong contingent of 5 overseas players in their squad for the upcoming 3rd edition of the Blitz, to be held from Feb 06th – 11th, 2018.
While last year’s signings Kyle Coetzer from Scotland and Rayad Emrit from West Indies have resigned with the franchise, it’s the 3 new signings, that is generating a lot of excitement for City Kaitak fans.
Former T20 #1 bowler in the ICC rankings, Samuel Badree from West Indies joins the team for this year’s edition. Badree has played across numerous T20 leagues across the globe while picking up 181 wickets in 184 matches.
The next big signing is current T20 World Record holder, Sohail Tanvir from Pakistan. Tanvir is the 6th highest wicket-taker in the all time T20 wickets list with 282 scalps from 272 matches with his haul of 6/14 coming in the latest edition of Caribbean Premier League in 2017.
The last signing is of the renowned Ravi Bopara from England. A vastly experienced T20 campaigner, Bopara has plied his trade in 7 different T20 leagues across the globe, playing 277 matches in which he has amassed 5,630 runs and taken 191 wickets with his slow-medium cutters.
City Kaitak are also content with having 5 overseas players instead of the 6 provisioned for the 2018 edition per franchise team. With a good line-up of domestic talent and International stars, City Kaitak will be hoping to go one better this year and win the Blitz Title.
