Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will join Desert Snakes for the second time of the ILT20, making him the principal Pakistan player to be joined by an establishment in the association. He has joined on a three-year contract. "I'm eager to join the Desert Snakes. I realize there are numerous Pakistan cricket fans in the UAE and I truly want to believe that they will uphold our group in the forthcoming ILT20," Shaheen said in a proclamation. With the season booked to start on January 13, Shaheen will join the gathering in the wake of getting back from Australia after the New Year's Test in Sydney. Last year, the Snakes had marked Azam Khan, which would have made him the principal Pakistan player in the ILT20, yet the PCB in the long run didn't give him a No-Complaint Declaration to play in the association. "Shaheen is a player of elite type who has had a critical effect for Pakistan as well as for each group he's played for lately," Snakes overseer of cricket Tom Testy said on their new marking. "He offers a colossal sum as an effect pace bowler that has obliterated many, many top-requests and he likewise flaunts fabulous initiative abilities that will enhance the Desert Snakes pushing ahead." Shaheen will join a bowling assault that as of now incorporates Wanindu Hasaranga, Matheesha Pathirana, Tom Curran and Sheldon Cottrell among others. The Snakes held a majority of their players in the wake of wrapping as sprinters up in the debut season. The rundown incorporates skipper Colin Munro and opener Alex Hales, who completed as the most noteworthy run-scorer of the competition.