Pakistan Premier League to lauch next Year: PCB

PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has said that Pakistan plans to launch in the country own T20 premier league international has been sidelined for the next year.Ashraf told reporters that while in Multan much planning had already gone in the case of the Premier League proposal but would not be possible to hold this year."I think realistically we should be able to launch sometime in March next year and we will invite foreign players to participate in the event and make it a success," he said.The PCB has been working on the launch of its first league in the footsteps of the Indian Premier League, Premier League and the Bangladesh Premier League of Sri Lanka for the past few months and recently also advertised the position in the league commissioner .Pakistan is the only country in the South Asian region even without an international flavor T20 league despite being one of the pioneers who started the national T20 tournament organization successfully.Ashraf also admitted that while succeeding in getting the cricket board of India to restore bilateral cricket relations between the two countries was a major achievement of the PCB, but the absence of international cricket in Pakistan remains a painful problem dash."The restoration of Indo-Pak bilateral relations is an achievement for the PCB and we have confirmed that they will be touring India in December," he added."But at the same time, the Board has not given up the management to restore international cricket in the country."Ashraf said it was a painful fact that terrorism remains a major obstacle in the Pakistan cricket grounds hosting international teams again."But we have not given up and we see the restoration of bilateral relations with India as a major step toward the eventual convince international teams touring Pakistan. When we go to India also hope India will tour Pakistan soon," he added Ashraf.No nation playtest has visited Pakistan since early 2009, when militants attacked the Sri Lanka team in Lahore, killing six Pakistani policemen and a van driver and wounding several of the visiting players.The PCB chief also said that the performance of the national U-19 team at the World Cup was disappointing and conducted research to find out where things went wrong that led to finish eighth in the competition Pakistan.

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