LAHORE (APP): Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sathi has dispelled the impression that Sri Lanka is not visiting Pakistan to play a T20 international match on October 29 here at Gadaffi stadium.
“The Lankan side will be playing the third and the last T20 of the ongoing series at Lahore as earlier announced”,he confirmed this while talking to media here on Monday at Allama Iqbal airport on his return from Auckland, on Monday morning after attending ICC meeting. Chairman PCB said Lankan team short visit will be followed by the visit of the West Indies team in October for three T20 matches.
“We have started our preparations to host the Lankan side in the same way we hosted the World XI last month and we look tour to the tour of the Lankan side to have international cricket in Pakistan”,said Najam Sathi. Chairman PCB said on the side lines of the ICC meeting he had productive talks and meetings with the officials of the Sri Lankan Board who have granted permission to their side to visit Pakistan .
It many be mentioned here that ten contracted players of the Sri Lankan side has asked their cricket board to shift the T20 game at natural venue, instead of Lahore. To a question he said PCB is engaged in a legal battle against Indian Cricket Board for not fulfilling its commitment regarding bilateral series between the two countries. “InshAllah (God willing) we will be winning this case as India signed a MOU on bilateral series and then backed out of it due to which we suffered huge financial losses and we want compensation in this regard”, he said.
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