A day after sharing his ordeal on social media, Zimbabwe cricketer Ryan Burl introduced that Puma Cricket has prolonged their support. The 27-year-old took to Twitter to announce the event.
“I am so proud to announce that I’ll be joining the @pumacricket team. This is all due to the help and support from the fans over the last 24 hours. I couldn’t be more grateful to you all. Thanks so much @PUMA,” the left-handed batsman confirmed on Twitter.
I’m so proud to announce that I’ll be becoming a member of the @pumacricket crew. This is all due to the assistance and support from the followers during the last 24 hours. I couldn’t be extra grateful to you all. Thanks a lot @PUMA
— Ryan Burl (@ryanburl3) May 23, 2021
Puma Cricket had responded to the Burl’s tweet earlier within the day and had assured him of full support. “Time to put the glue away, I got you covered @ryanburl3,” the sports activities model had tweeted.
Time to put the glue away, I obtained you lined @ryanburl3 https://t.co/FUd7U0w3U7
— PUMA Cricket (@pumacricket) May 23, 2021
Burl had highlighted the plight of Zimbabwe’s cricketers on Twitter.
The 27-year-old, who has performed 3 Tests, 18 ODIs and 25 T20Is, on Saturday tweeted an image of his ripped shoe, a glue stick and a few instruments to repair it. He wrote, “Any chance we can get a sponsor so we don’t have to glue our shoes back after every series.”
Any probability we are able to get a sponsor so we don’t have to glue our sneakers again after each sequence @newbalance @NewBalance_SA @NBCricket @ICAssociation pic.twitter.com/HH1hxzPC0m
— Ryan Burl (@ryanburl3) May 22, 2021
Zimbwabe, who’ve seen proficient cricketers comparable to Alistair Campbell, Heath Streak, Andy and Grant Flower, Tatenda Taibu, Henry Olonga and Neil Johnson, amongst others play for the nation, have seen the requirements plummet of late.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had suspended the nation’s cricket board in 2019 due to authorities interference and disallowed them from competing within the T20 World Cup Qualifiers later that 12 months.
However, Zimbabwe had been reinstated in October, however since then most of their excursions have gotten cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, together with the one the place India had been scheduled to go to the nation for a limited-overs sequence in August 2020.
The Babar Azam-led Pakistan had toured Zimbabwe in April-May this 12 months, making a clear sweep of the two-Test sequence and successful the T20I sequence 2-1.
– with inputs from IANS
