"Sachin Tendulkar Greatest, His Arrival Gives Credibility To National Cricket League": Wasim Akram

06.10.2024 - 05:29 sports.ndtv.com

The National Cricket League's Sixty Strikers has hit the United States of America market, with fans going ga-ga seeing some of the finest stars the game has produced in action.

Former India batter Suresh Raina has already shown his magic on the pitch, while other international stars are also showing their blitzkrieg in the T10 format.

On the sidelines of a match in the Sixty Strikers league, Pakistan's pace great Wasim Akram revealed how organiser Arun Agarwal floated the league's idea to him during the T20 World Cup 2024 (organised in the USA and West Indies).

Though Akram was first skeptical due to the paucity of time to organise the league, he is now quite impressed with the way the organisers have managed to pull off a tournament of such an extent. "This is amazing.

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