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Former Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi has joined Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Karachi Kings, owner Salman Iqbal confirmed on Friday.
Earlier, the star all-rounder left his old franchise Peshawar Zalmi after having differences with owner Javed Afridi last month.
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Salman in a tweet posted on his official account, welcomed the 37-year-old as Karachi Kings' president.
Delighted!honoured to welcome true Pakistani cricketing legend n superstar @SAfridiOfficial as President @KarachiKingsARY and to ARY family! pic.twitter.com/PaN3YnO1QZ
— Salman Iqbal ARY (@Salman_ARY) April 7, 2017
Afridi has represented Pakistan in 98 T20Is, where he scored 1,405 runs and claimed 97 wickets.
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The veteran all-rounder represented Peshawar Zalmi in 20 matches during two editions of the PSL, where he scored 264 runs and claimed 12 wickets.
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