Date of birth: 31 October 1992, Ludhiana

Nottinghamshire First-Class Debut: N/A

Ish Sodhi will return to Trent Bridge as Notts Outlaws’ second overseas signing for their T20 Blast title defence this summer.

The New Zealand leg-spinner has agreed a deal to join Australian captain Dan Christian in re-joining for 2018 after both helped the Club to their first victory in the competition at Edgbaston last September.

Sodhi took 15 wickets in Notts’ 2017 Blast campaign, which culminated in victories over Hampshire and then Birmingham Bears on Finals Day.

Sodhi also helped Northern Knights to win the T20 Blast equivalent in New Zealand, the Super Smash, where they beat Central Stags over the winter.

The India-born player is now part of New Zealand’s team for an international T20 series against Pakistan, with the second match in that three-game series taking place in Auckland today.

Sodhi is expected to be available for the duration of the Outlaw’s T20 campaign this summer, which begins on Wednesday 4 July at Trent Bridge with a re-match of last year’s final against Birmingham Bears.