Pakistan will no longer have to play their home series at a neutral venue and Test cricket is returning to the country after a long absence of 10 years through the Test series against Sri Lanka.
After the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in 2009, the doors of international cricket were closed to Pakistan and despite the gradual return of limited overs to the country, Test cricket could not return to the country.
However, Sri Lanka once again took a bold step and played a role in the revival of Test cricket in Pakistan and accepted the invitation to play a Test match in Pakistan and the Pakistani team will compete in the Test against Sri Lanka before December 11.
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that after the Sri Lankan team visited Pakistan, now other teams will have to give a reason why they cannot play in Pakistan.
Talking to the news agency, he said that it is logical that cricket is coming back in Pakistan, the impression people have about Pakistan is completely different from the ground realities of Pakistan.
He said that the impression that people had about Pakistan for the last year, two years is completely different from the reality and now the situation has improved a lot.
It should be remembered that during the last 6 months, the cricket officials of Australia, England, Ireland as well as the representatives of the International Players Association also visited Pakistan.
Ehsan Mani said that when the representatives of these countries saw the reality, their attitude was very different, in fact the reaction of the Chief Executive of Cricket Ireland was very positive and he said that the reason for not coming to Pakistan should be thought of. will
Chairman PCB said that he also held discussions with the officials of Cricket Australia and English Cricket Board and it is hoped that these teams will also come to Pakistan in the next 3 years.
He said that I hope England will visit Pakistan in 2021 and Australia in 2022.
Ehsan Mani said that we have no scheduled series against New Zealand till 2023-24 but we have taken a principled decision that now our team will play all its home matches in Pakistan.
Despite the return of Test cricket in the country after a long period of 10 years, Chairman PCB does not expect a large number of fans to come in the Test matches, on the contrary, the stadium was packed with fans in the T20 matches against Sri Lanka in Lahore in October. The bag was full.
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