Dubai: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Zaka Ashraf has invited the Board of Conrol for Cricket in India (BCCI) to send the India cricket team to Pakistan.
Talking to media in Dubai, Zaka Ashraf told that he had sent a letter to BCCI President N Srinivasan in which he had urged resumption of bilateral cricket ties.
International cricket has been suspended in Pakistan since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March 2009.
He further said that his first task is to bring international cricket back to the country.
“We are doing our level best to bring international cricket back to Pakistan,” Ashraf, who met International Cricket Council (ICC) officials, said. “I have suggested the ICC should form a board to assess security in Pakistan.”
“Once the ICC forms a security board we can also take help from the government and implement the best arrangements for international teams,” said Ashraf.
“What happened in Pakistan was disappointing and that left millions of fans in our country deprived of international cricket and we now seek help from the cricket world to restore activity so that our fans get to see that,” said Ashraf.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat, who met Ashraf on Monday, said the ICC was doing its best to revive cricket in Pakistan.
“It was something that could not get much time (for consideration) due to the spot-fixing issue, but now in order to have some teams playing in Pakistan the security situation has to be considered,” said Lorgat.
Ashraf said he has also met Bangladesh Cricket Board officials to break the ice.
“I have also met Bangladesh officials and in order to break the ice. I have invited them to tour Pakistan and I hope they reply in a positive way.”
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