Muhammad Javed Afridi (Pashto/Urdu: ???? ????? ??????; born 1983) is a Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan. Afridi is also owner of the cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League and Benoni Zalmi in the T20 Global League of South Africa. In an interview he said that "Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are close to my heart, and I want to develop the infrastructure around the game in my homeland."
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Investment in cricket
Haier Pakistan has sponsored many cricket tournaments under his supervision including Haier Super 8 T20 Cup and Pakistan Super League. Afridi has also owned a cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi for US$16,000,000 (equivalent to $16,166,222 in 2016) for a ten-year period. In an interview he said: "Peshawar and KP are close to my heart, and I want to develop the infrastructure around the game in my homeland."
Javed Afridi also owns the Benoni Team in South Africa T20 Global League which will start in 2017
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See also
- Haier
- Haier Super 8 T20 Cup
- Peshawar Zalmi
- JoChaho.Pk
References
http://benonicitytimes.co.za/298234/benoni-one-of-the-t20-eight/
External links
- Javed Afridi on Facebook
Source of article : Wikipedia