KARACHI – Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi promised more PSLmatches next season, saying that more cities will be added to the bouquetof hosts next year in the tournament.
Talking to media after the final of PSL 2018 in Karachi, the chairman boardalso hinted that Hyderabad, Multan, Peshawar and Rawalpindi will also hostPSL games in future.
“CM has promised me to reconstruct Niaz Stadium of Hyderabad so, lets hopefor PSL matches in another city of Sindh,” he said.
“We are also planning to have double weekend matches. Matches will be heldon weekends in UAE and on weekends in Pakistan and for that we’ll havethree production teams to ensure smooth logistic arrangements. One teamwill see production in the south of Pakistan including Karachi and Multan.
“Another team will be in north of Pakistan to cover Lahore, Rawalpindi andPeshawar while one team will be in the UAE,” he added.
Replying to a question, Sethi said that the credit of bringing PSL toPakistan goes to people of Pakistan because it was due to people’s demandthat PCB managed to bring these matches to country.
“We have opened the doors, cricket has returned and now we will have morematches in Pakistan,” Sethi said.
“West Indies is coming to Pakistan and they will play matches in Karachi. Ihave delivered my promise.” added the chairman PCB.
The chairman board said that reports by Reg Dickason has helped PakistanCricket Board a lot in attempt to bring Cricket back to country andconvince foreigners to visit Pakistan.
He added that there was relaxation for players if they had valid reasonsthey can choose not to visit Pakistan but in future PCB will work on thispart too.