The Namibian Eagles will host Indian state side Assam in a five-match 50-over series starting next Saturday, June 21.
Assam will be led by Rajasthan Royals captain and star batter Riyan Parag, who made history on May 4 this year by becoming the first player in Indian Premier League history to hit six sixes in a row.
In that match, he scored 95 not out, including six fours and eight sixes, as the Royals recovered to reach 205/8. However, it was not enough, as they lost by one run to Kolkata Knight Riders.
The 23-year-old Parag has scored over 7 000 runs in all formats of the game and taken 161 wickets, with a best performance of 5/68.
Last year, Parag finished with 573 runs in the IPL, the most by a Rajasthan Royals player, and hit four half-centuries. His 33 sixes were also the most by any player from the Royals, which helped him earn T20I and ODI debuts for India.
The Assam side includes several other promising Indian players such as Denish Das, who has a highest score of 109; Akash Sengupta, with a highest score of 92 and 16 wickets, including a best performance of 5/20; and Parvej Musaraf, who boasts a top score of 129 and a First Class average of 46.58.
The series will be staged at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, which is nearing completion.
Assam’s Squad: Riyan Parag (c), Denish Das, Pradyun Saikia, Rahul Hazarika, Rishav Das, Sibsankar Roy, Subham Mandal, Akash Sengupta, Amlanjyoti Das, Kunal Sarma, Mrinmoy Dutta, Parvej Musaraf, Swarupam Purkayastha, Abhishek Thakuri (wk), Anurag Talukdar (wk), Ruhinandan Pegu (wk), Sumit Ghadigaonkar (wk), Avinov Choudhury, Bhargav Dutta, Darshan Rajbongshi, Dipjyoti Saikia, Mukhtar Hussain, Rahul Singh, Sidharth Sarmah.
Namibia’s Squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, Malan Kruger, Nikolaas Davin, Dylan Leicher, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, JJ Smit, JP Kotze (wk), Lohan Louwrens (wk), Zane Green (wk), Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz, Handre Klazinge, Jack Brassell, Jan-Izak de Villiers, Ruben Trumpelmann, Tangeni Lungameni.
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