Previous South Africa chief Faf du Plessis and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell have been chosen as the Colombo Kings' abroad marquee players for the following month's debut Lanka Premier League.
Driven by Australian Dav Whatmore, who instructed Sri Lanka to World Cup greatness in 1996, Colombo additionally got previous Lanka commander Angelo Mathews in an online draft late on Monday.
The five-group Twenty20 competition in Sri Lanka was booked to be held in August-Septmeber yet was deferred because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will currently happen from 21 November-13 December in Kandy and Hambantota.
West Indies players Chris Gayle (Kandy Tuskers) and Carlos Brathwaite (Dambulla Hawks), South African David Miller (Dambulla) and Pakistanis Shahid Afridi (Galle Gladiators) and Shoaib Malik (Jaffna Stallions) are among the other top unfamiliar players who have pursued the competition.