Mohammad Amir to play for Abu Dhabi T10's Pune team, tournament to begin in January 2021

Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir is all set to feature in Abu Dhabi T10 League. southpaw will represent Pune Devils in  upcoming edition of league. tably, Pune Devils were kwn as Karnataka Tuskers last year. news about Amir's participation in Abu Dhabi T10 league was confirmed by official Twitter handle of league on Wednesday.

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Mohammad Amir to represent Pune Devils in Abu Dhabi T10 League

Amir who retired from Test cricket in July 2019, has been busy playing franchise cricket all over world. left-arm quick recently featured in LPL 2020 where he played for Galle Gladiators and was instrumental in guiding m to LPL 2020 final where y eventually finished as runners up after losing to Jaffna Stallions by 53 runs.

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Amir had a brilliant tournament as he finished as  fifth leading wicket-taker with 11 wickets in 10 matches at a decent aver of 26.73. Pakistan bowler will look to replicate his performances from LPL 2020 in Abu Dhabi T10 League. Amir has an experience of playing in Abu Dhabi T10 League in past as he previously has represented Maratha Arabians in tournament.

 Abu Dhabi T10 which was originally scheduled to be played from vember 18-29 had to be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic and will w be played from January 28 to February 6 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. league will feature all eight teams that participated in third edition of  competition last year

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Mohammad Amir takes cheeky jibe at Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis

Amir took a cheeky dig at Pakistan's bowling coach Waqar Younis while responding to a question about his retirement from longest format of game. In a video interaction with media from New Zealand, Younis stated that Amir has t been excluded or has left cricket due to workload because he's still playing different leagues. Pakistan veteran added that Amir didn't want to play Test cricket which was his personal decision as he's w playing and available for white-ball cricket.

A Pakistani journalist n quoted Waqar Younis' statement and asked Amir reason behind quitting Test cricket. Amir took to Twitter and responded to journalist in Hindi which translates to "Only Waqar Younis sir can tell you reason. May Allah give guidance to a person who thinks like this".

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Im source: Mohammad Amir Instagram