Kathmandu. Pakistan T20 team captain Sahibzada Farhan has arrived in Kathmandu to play the third edition of Nepal Premier League (NPL). He is signed to Karnali Yaks.
Farhan was welcomed at the airport by the management team of Karnali. Farhan is one of the biggest stars playing NPL this time.
Farhan left his mark on world cricket by performing brilliantly in the ICC T-20 World Cup held in India and Sri Lanka in 2026. He played six matches in the tournament and scored 383 runs with two centuries.
His 383 runs in the tournament are the most by any batsman in a single edition of the Men’s T20 World Cup. The 30-year-old right-handed batsman Farhan is an experienced player who has played ODI and T20 international cricket for Pakistan.
He has scored 1,554 runs with two centuries and 13 fifties in 51 T20 international matches for Pakistan.
In overall T20 cricket, he has scored 5,775 runs with nine centuries and 38 fifties from 186 matches. He has played professional cricket in Lanka Premier League (LPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL) and Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) so far.
NPL will be the fourth foreign league for Farhan.
The third edition of the NPL will start from October 9 at the International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.