Smith to play for Comilla Victorians

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh Premier League side Comilla Victorians on Tuesday announced the signing of former Australian captain Steve Smith for the upcoming edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

Smith would join the team mid-January for the second phase of the BPL as a replacement for Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, reported news agency.

Australia’s ex-vice captain David Warner will also play in the BPL — which runs from 5 January to 8 February 2019 — having signed for the Sylhet Sixers.

Smith and Warner were handed year-long international bans for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket in March.

However, Victorians coach Salahuddin was ecstatic with the Smith signing.