{"id":118155,"date":"2026-07-14T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=118155"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:59:16","slug":"shaheen-afridi-granted-noc-to-join-kandy-royals-for-lanka-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/shaheen-afridi-granted-noc-to-join-kandy-royals-for-lanka-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Afridi Granted NOC to Join Kandy Royals for Lanka Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"431\">ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s star fast bowler <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/shaheen-shah-afridi-likely-to-be-dropped-from-test-setup-permanently\/\">Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/a> has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to participate in the 2026 Lanka Premier League (LPL), where he will represent Kandy Royals. This will be Afridi&#8217;s maiden appearance in Sri Lanka&#8217;s premier T20 franchise tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"722\">According to reports, the left-arm pacer is set to leave for Sri Lanka after receiving clearance from the PCB. Shaheen had been attending Pakistan&#8217;s white-ball training camp in Lahore before being allowed to join his franchise ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"1000\">The PCB issues NOCs to players for overseas leagues after considering the national team&#8217;s commitments. The move will allow Afridi to gain valuable match practice and continue competing in top-level franchise cricket during the LPL season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1303\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Kandy Royals have secured one of Pakistan&#8217;s premier fast bowlers as they aim for a strong campaign in the tournament. Cricket fans will be eager to see Shaheen lead the Royals&#8217; pace attack and make an immediate impact in his first Lanka Premier League appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to participate in the 2026 Lanka Premier League (LPL), where he will represent Kandy Royals. This will be Afridi&#8217;s maiden appearance in Sri Lanka&#8217;s premier T20 franchise tournament. According to reports, the left-arm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":28909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1626],"class_list":["post-118155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-shaheen-shah-afridi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118156,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118155\/revisions\/118156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}