Sri Lanka, Oct. 21 -- The Lanka Premier League (LPL) much awaited Player Draft which took place last evening, saw big overseas cricketers in T20 Cricket world like Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Sarfraz Ahmed and Asif Ali, West Indians Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite, South African Faf du Plessis, David Miller and Colin Ingram,

England's Liam Plunkett, Samith Patel and David Malan, India's MS Dhoni etc been picked to participate in each of the five teams as their Overseas Players.

The LPL is scheduled to be played from 21 November to 13 December at two venues in Pallekele and Hambantota and will comprise 23 matches over a 15-day period while each team will have a total of 20 players i...