ICC in Pakistan 2025 Champions Trophy will be hosted by To see how far Pakistan is ready for this hosting International Cricket Council (ICC) team came to Pakistan on March 24 and returned after visiting.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi told the media about the arrival of the ICC team that ‘Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and for this purpose the condition of all cricket stadiums in Pakistan will be improved.’
ICC What was the outcome of the team’s visit, in this regard? pcb A source told Independent Urdu on condition of anonymity that ‘We cannot say that the ICC team is completely satisfied with this, nor can we say that they are completely disappointed. are done.’
He also said that the ICC team visited Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi stadiums, after which the PCB was told that ‘a lot of work has to be done’.
Sources said: ‘It was the very first visit of the ICC team, with three people coming. Two of them visited stadiums in Karachi and Lahore, while the most senior member came to Islamabad and visited the stadium in Pindi.
The ICC team visited each stadium in Karachi, Lahore and Pindi including dressing rooms, washrooms, existing facilities for the players, facilities available for the fans coming to watch the match, the condition of the ground, Media Center and Hospitality Boxes etc.
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“Discussed the facilities that were lacking, checked everything related to the cricket stadium in great detail, noted down our points and told that we have to do a lot of work.”
PCB sources agreed with the ICC team’s observations and said, “There is definitely a lot of work to be done in our stadiums.” Seats are to be increased. In Pindi, only the chairs are arranged for weddings, then there is work to increase the capacity of the stadium. In this way, a lot of work is going to be done in the three stadiums of Karachi, Lahore and Pindi.
He said that PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s first emphasis is on upgrading the stadiums and he is working on it a lot.
PCB sources said that the ICC team also checked the facilities of the private hotels where the teams will be staying during the matches. At the same time, he also said that a hotel is being built next to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which was controversial for a long time, but now Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has cleared it.
He said: ‘This hotel is inside the stadium and is quite big. If this hotel is completed by that time, it will be of great benefit to Lahore. The ICC team has also visited this hotel.
Sources said that the Champions Trophy is a huge event and Pakistan is getting a chance to host it after 28 years.
He said: ‘The biggest problem for us is whether India comes to Pakistan or not and if not, how to handle these matches? Whether to do it in a hybrid way or something else and obviously we will have to wait for that.’
According to a PCB source: ‘In the condition of our stadiums, there is a lot of work to be done and of course we have little time for it. A year is nothing. Here, the houses are not completely ready in a year, so it is a lot of work to fix such big stadiums. We are already late.’
At the same time, he said: ‘We cannot say that the ICC team is completely satisfied from here, nor can we say that they are completely disappointed.’
“The ICC will not give the report of this visit to us, nor to the media. It was their inside job. He had forbidden to tell the journalists about the visit to the stadiums, but the journalists arrived automatically and made footage etc. from a distance with their cameras.
PCB sources further said that the ICC team will come again but the date has not been finalized yet. “As soon as we have a date we will let the media know.”
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2024-07-07 15:49:06