||  CF Correspondent ||

Former South African opener Hashim Amla is all set to arrive on December 31 to take part for Khulna Tigers in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League.

The former Protease skipper is expected to be available for the whole tournament after arriving in Dhaka for Khulna Tigers, who are currently at the third position in the points table.

‘’Amla is expected to be with us for the whole tournament and we are looking forward to his arrival considering the amount of experience he possess as a cricketer,’’ Khulna Tigers manager Nafees Iqbal told reporters on Monday.

The South African has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36. Amla is the Proteas' second-highest Test run scorer with 9,282 runs in 124 matches at an average of 46.64 with 28 centuries. He is the only South Africa batsman to score a Test triple hundred - 311 not out against England in 2012.

Amla was South Africa Test captain between 2014 and 2016, the team's first permanent non-white captain. In total, he scored more than 18,000 runs across all formats for South Africa with 55 centuries in 349 matches and has been ranked as the number one batsman in both Test and one-day international cricket.