5 overseas players to pull out of LPL

COLOMBO: India's Manvinder Bisla, West Indies' Andre Russell and Faf du Plessis of South Africa are among the five overseas players who have pulled out of the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL). David Miller and David Malan are the other two cricketers who have withdrawn from the tournament scheduled to begin next month. AB du Plessis, Miller and Malan have become unavailable because of the limited-overs series between South Africa and England, set to begin on November 27. Russell, meanwhile, has pulled out due to injury.