IPL will now have Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar is now likely to play his first game in the Knight Riders’ black and gold colours at home against the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Wednesday in the ongoing IPL tournament after the appellate tribunal appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday suspended the five-year ban imposed on the controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
Shah Rukh Khan’s team had paid $425,000 for his services in the IPL. Shoaib. IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi welcomed the arrival of Shoaib as the NOC from the PCB removed the hurdle of the speedster’s participation in the Twenty20 league.