The Jamaica Tallawahs have called up New Zealand leg–spinner Ish Sodhi as they head into the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League playoffs in Trinidad.

He replaces Adam Zampa who will be returning home for the start of the Australian domestic season.

Sodhi, who will making his CPL debut, was most recently involved in the Vitality Blast in England, where he picked up 19 wickets in 15 matches for Nottinghamshire.

Earlier this year he made his Indian Premier League debut for Rajasthan Royals after being signed as a replacement for the injured Afghanistan leg-spinner Zahir Khan.

Zampa meanwhile took nine wickets in as many matches for the Tallawahs – which included 3 for 27 in a victory against St. Lucia Stars at the start of the tournament.

The third place Tallawahs having already qualified for the playoffs are down to face second place Guyana Amazon Warriors in their final league encounter before heading into the knockout round.