Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has withdrawn himself from the Big Bash League (BBL) 2023/24 draft.
According to the cricket news website ESPNCricinfo, Mohammad Rizwan was placed in the Platinum category.
Mohammad Rizwan’s availability for the tournament was in jeopardy because of his national commitments. He is most likely to be a part of the Pakistan squad, which will tour Australia for a three-match Test series.
The 31-year-old was nominated by three-time BBL winners Sydney Sixers. However, he has not played a match in the tournament.
The right-hand batter has played 238 fixtures in his Twenty20 career for domestic and international franchise cricketing tournaments.
He has represented Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, Comilla Victorians in the Bangladesh Premier League and Vancouver Knights in Global T20 Canada.
He has scored 6,945 runs with 59 half-centuries and two hundreds to his name.
Mohammad Rizwan is currently part of the national squad contesting the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.
He played an anchoring 44-run knock in 50 deliveries with the help of six boundaries.
Mohammad Rizwan also put together a crucial 86-run stand with Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who played a marathon 151-run knock in just 131 deliveries, hitting 14 boundaries and four sixes.
Later, Pakistan bowlers decimated Nepal’s batting lineup and booked them for a meagre 104 to steer the hosts to a statement 238-run victory to kick start their Asia Cup 2023 campaign.
Shadab Khan led the bowling attack for Pakistan with 4/27, followed by two wickets each by Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf while Naseem Shah and Mohammad Nawaz made one scalp each.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan took one catch behind the wickets.
Pakistan will now take on arch-rivals India on September 2 in a bid to become the first team to secure their berth in the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s.
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