India's premier Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara will play for Team Zalawad Royals in the inaugural Saurashtra Premier League.
Pakistan's provisional squad for the World Cup in the West Indies also included Shabbir Ahmed who last month completed a 12-month ban for having an illegal bowling action.
PCB left out fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Shabbir Ahmed from the squad for the Test series in South Africa.
Minutes after landing in the country, controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he was looking forward to a fruitful stint in the Indian Premier League and thanked Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for his support.
Shoaib Akhtar may have been cleared to play in the Indian Premier League but former players say the maverick pacer will find it tough to make an impact in the twenty20 league as months of absence from the cricket field has robbed him of match fitness.
Beleaguered speedster Shoaib Akhtar heaved a huge sigh of relief as the appellate tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday decided to suspend the five-year ban on him for a month to allow him to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Shoaib Akhtar blamed Shahid Afridi for the brawl with Mohammad Asif.
Tanvir, who took four for 47 in a one-day game against the touring Australian 'A' side in Sheikhupura, will fly to South Africa as soon as possible.
The Pakistani fast bowler, who was recalled from the Twenty20 World Cup on disciplinary grounds, is no stranger to controversy.
PCB appeals committee had lifted the bans imposed on Akhtar and Asif saying the pacemen did not take the banned drug 'intentionally'.
A WADA official said the appeals commission's decision to exonerate Shoaib and Asif is a violation of the international anti-doping code.
An appeals tribunal appointed by the PCB exonerated the duo of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans.
Did the players get away too easy, or is this a fair decision?
Banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar still harbours hopes of playing for Pakistan and is keeping himself fit for any call-up to the national side in the future. The maverick pacer was banned for five years by Pakistan Cricket Board on six counts of code of conduct violations and the uproar over the decision prompted the Senate Standing Committee on Sports to hold a hearing with Akhtar in Islamabad on Monday.
The Appeals Commission hearing Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif's plea to overturn their ban for positive dope tests has deferred its verdict after failing to reach a consensus on Wednesday.
Greg Chappell denied raising any questions on the legality of Shoaib Akhtar's bowling action.
However, Chappell denied that Akhtar knocked his Jaipur hotel room door that night.
Shoaib had questioned the credibility of the tribunal after being handed the punishment, following a positive dope test.
Samples from the probables for the Twenty20 World Cup, including fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, have been taken for testing by WADA laboratory.
The controversy-prone Pakistan fast bowler denied allegations of misbehaving when he was in India prior to the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan wants the ICC to take tough action against an Indian security officer who made allegations of indiscipline in the Pakistan team.
Col. Anil Kaul , who was Pakistan's liaison officer in India, said they had a fight over what music should be played in the team bus in Jaipur.
In the wake of the doping bans imposed on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the PCB will conduct a review of central contracts awarded to players.
Message board on the ban on Shoaib Akhtar and mohammad Akthar.
PCB banned Shoaib Akhtar for two years and fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif for one year.
The two Pakistan players, who tested positive for performance-enhancing steroids, gave up their right to call for testing of 'B' samples while appearing before a drugs inquiry tribunal.
Injury-prone fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been advised by Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson to play only one-day internationals so he can prolong his career.
A member of the drugs inquiry tribunal said fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif could escape without a ban.
Pakistan's fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has described as nonsense the free hit experimental law to be enforced in one-day internationals from October 1.
The panel will recommend if they are to be penalised for testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.
Former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid on his life outside the game.
Both players have been told to stop talking to the media before their appearance next week at a doping tribunal.
Former Governor of Punjab Shahid Hamid and ex-cricketer Intikhab Alam have been named in the Pakistan Cricket Board's high-level committee to probe the dope scandal involving pace duo Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.
The former Australian captain said Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif must be fined heavily if they are proven guilty of using banned drugs.
It is alleged that he and Mohammad Asif smoked cannabis during Pakistan's recent ODI series in England.
The ICC has allowed Pakistan to include all-rounder Yasir Arafat and left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman as replacements for dope-tainted Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in their Champions Trophy squad.
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