Muhammad Asif Khan 
KARACHI: In the absence of the regular skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, the Galle Gladiators have appointed Shahid Khan Afridi as their captain for this season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) which will be played from November 26 to December 16 in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa will be the vice captain of the side.
Shahid Khan Afridi will leave for Sri Lanka, from Karachi, on November 23 while the Galle Gladiators will open their campaign on November 27 against Jaffna Stallions.
Galle Gladiators’ squad is as follows:
Shahid Afridi (Captain)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Vice-Captain)
Mohammad Amir
Lasith Malinga
Danushka Gunathilaka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Akila Dhananjaya
Milinda Siriwardena
Hazratullah Zazai
Ahsaan Ali
Azam Khan
Shehan Jayasuriya
Lakshan Sandakan
Asitha Fernando
Chadwick Walton
Mohammad Shiraz
Nuwan Thushara
Dhananjaya Lakshan
Chanaka Ruwansiri
Sahan Arachchi
Duwindu Tilkaratne
Abdul Nasir
Waqas Maqsood