Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has joined the Euro T20 Slam as icon player while South African T-20 team's vice-captain J P Duminy and his country mate Imran Tahir will be among the six marquee players.

The three-week long tournament will be held in Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands from August 30 to September 22. Afridi will be among six icon players along with Shane Watson from Australia, Brendon McCullum from New Zealand and Rashid Khan from Afghanistan. Duminy and Tahir will join the likes of Chris Lynn from Australia, Babar Azam from Pakistan and Luke Ronchi from New Zealand as marquee players. The remaining two icon players and one marquee player's names will be announced soon.