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Bangladesh allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz is set to feature in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the first time after receiving a NOC from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday. Miraz will represent Lahore Qalandars in the ongoing PSL and has been cleared to play from May 22 to 25, confirmed Shahriar Nafees, the BCB’s manager of cricket operations. “He applied for the NOC this morning and received it in the afternoon,” Nafees told reporters. This will be Miraz’s first appearance in an overseas franchise league. The 27-year-old, who was recently named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April, was not part of the current Bangladesh squad playing the two-match T20I series against the UAE in Sharjah. Lahore Qalandars, who secured a place in the playoffs with a 26-run win over Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday, have already seen fellow Bangladeshi star Shakib Al Hasan join their squad. Gujarat, Bengaluru and Punjab advance to IPL playoffs Miraz is expected to boost their spin options in the crucial final stages of the tournament. Before the PSL was temporarily suspended earlier this month due to India-Pakistan tensions, Bangladesh’s Rishad Hossain and Nahid Rana had featured for Lahore and Peshawar respectively but returned home amid safety concerns. Across 153 T20 matches, Miraz has taken 107 wickets at an economy rate of 7.55 and scored 2,099 runs with seven fifties.      

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