Australia Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has agreed to play in this year's version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Sourav Ganguly-led Pune Warriors.
The Warriors, who will be making their second appearance in the Twenty20 competition, will be without regular captain Yuvraj Singh, who is battling cancer and see Clarke as the ideal replacement.
The 30-year-old Clarke, who has played 80 Tests, 212 one-dayers and 34 Twenty20 internationals, had shunned the IPL during the first four seasons.
South Africa batsman Graeme Smith, Australia leg-spinner Steve Smith and Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews are other prominent foreign players in the Pune team.