Leicestershire, Sept. 12 -- South Africa left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj joined the Leicestershire side for the 2026 County Championship for the first four months of the next season as the side targets Division One of the tournament

A revered left-arm spinner, Maharaj has claimed an astonishing 998 wickets across formats during his career, including 313 on the international stage for reigning World Test champions South Africa.

The 35-year-old has 632 first-class wickets to his name - taken at 26.78 apiece - registering a career-best haul of 9/129 against Sri Lanka in July 2018.

He has also shown his capabilities with the bat, amassing almost 6,000 runs across formats with two centuries in the longest form of the game.

Maharaj's stint ...