Shahid Afridi to return home from LPL due to personal emergency

Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who is leading Galle Gladiators in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be returning to Pakistan to attend a "personal emergency". "I will return to join back my team at LPL immediately after the situation is handled," Afridi tweeted. Earlier, he had missed his flight to Sri Lanka which delayed his participation in the tournament.