Come-and-get-me pleas do not come any more emphatic. Asif Khan must have been wondering how he had been overlooked by the six DP World International League T20 franchises so far anyway.
After all, he does hold the record for the fastest century by an associate cricketer in one-day internationals. He is also renowned as one of the most dynamic power hitters UAE domestic cricket has seen, having hit – by his estimation – around 25,000 runs over the course of seven years here.
Then, in the final two evenings of the ILT20 development tournament in Dubai, he made it as clear as possible. On Monday he played his side, the Braves, into the final with a clinical, 50-ball innings of 73.
The following night, while a band played and guests dined at a gala dinner pitch side at the ICC Academy, he was just extraordinary.