Former Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi hinted at having some differences his Pakistan Super League franchise ‘Peshawar Zalmi’ owner Javed Afridi.
In an interview with Cricket Australia, the 36-year-old clarified he is not "confined to Peshawar Zalmi".
"I am a professional cricketer and whichever franchise needs me I am available for it. It is not that I am confined to Peshawar Zalmi only." "No doubt that my current team is Zalmi but before moving forward I need to sort out some things with Javed Afridi."
He praised the Zalmi owner for his efforts to highlight cricket talent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "The purpose of having franchises was not to just play PSL but to improve the cricket infrastructure in Pakistan and I give credit to Zalmi for organizing tournaments and camps in Peshawar and other places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. But there are some things that need to be sorted, (there is) no big issue otherwise," said Afridi.
Afridi, who was dumped ahead of his country's upcoming tour of England, is currently playing for Hampshire in England's domestic T20 competition and will continue with the county in the one-day tournament that follows. He also said he would be available for the national team whenever it needed him. “I still feel that I can play for the next couple of years whether it is for Pakistan or PSL, Big Bash or England (domestic) T20s.”
Afridi had joined Hampshire earlier this summer for the domestic T20 tournament.
The second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to be held in February 2017, however, Afridi said he might not be the part of Zalmi in the next edition of PSL in 2017, adding that he is open to join any franchise.
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