The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic that it is going to be capable of host the Champions Trophy subsequent 12 months as a delegation of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to achieve the nation on Monday to examine the continued preparations for the celebrated event.
The delegation which can even embrace a safety knowledgeable will go to all of the proposed venues with explicit emphasis on Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
Pakistan is tasked with internet hosting an ICC occasion for the primary time because it hosted part of the 1996 World Cup with India.
“The delegation might be given briefings on the preparations. They are going to go to the venues in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi to see the upgradation work we might be finishing up for the Champions Trophy,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi stated on Sunday.
Final month a delegation of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had additionally visited Pakistan to examine the safety and different preparations for its group’s tour to the nation in mid-April for 5 T20 Internationals.
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Naqvi reiterated that the Champions Trophy could be held on schedule in Pakistan.
Requested if Pakistan would think about a tit for tat response if the Indian authorities refused to ship its group to Pakistan, Naqvi stated “why are we even discussing such potentialities”.
“We had a superb assembly in Dubai on the event and its technical aspect and so far as we’re involved we see no motive the occasion wouldn’t be held in Pakistan so why even talk about different eventualities,” he added.
India had refused to ship its group for the Asia Cup final 12 months in August which led to quite a lot of matches being moved to Sri Lanka.