Featuring Germany internationals Asad Mohammed and Sahir Naqash, Bonn Blue Star will be on many people’s shortlists for success too, especially if repeating the successful winning formula from the T20 state championship in 2020, their fourth sucess at state level to go with national T20 honours in 2010.
Founded in 2003, BBS boast an outstanding record in T20 cricket and will be able to transfer their skills to be strong contenders in the high-octane T10 format as well.
Captain: Khurram Ilyas
Wicketkeeper: Zaheer Abbas
Projected Top Four: Zaheer Abbas, Dilshan Rajudeen, Sahir Naqash, Naeem Akhtar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Ranjith Singh, Haron Khan
Spin Options: Jawad Azizi, Dilshan Rajudeen, Bryan Rattan, Karanjit Brar
BONN BLUE STAR Key Players:
Dilshan Rajudeen, former national team player, all-time leading run scorer amassing 1446 runs and started with a bang at the weekend.
Jawad Azizi, talented left-arm spinner, has picked up a stack of wickets in the last two years and a handy batsman down the order.
Ranjith Singh, another former national team player, all-time top wicket taker picking up 64 wickets.
Sahir Naqash, current member of the German national team, scoring 78 runs and bagging four wickets in eight T20Is for Germany.
Haron Khan caught the eye with a hat-trick in his opening game.