PCB chief Najam Sethi says international players will be required to play in country for Pakistan Super League

Sport360 staff 19:01 03/09/2017
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  • PCB chairman Sethi spoke on a variety of issues.

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Najam Sethi has gone on record to say that all players who are part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will need to play in the country if the matches are held there.

    The recently elected PCB chairman made these remarks in an exclusive interview with Pakpassions.net.

    Speaking on the topic of foreign players being required to play in Pakistan for the PSL, the chairman said: “All players, regardless of nationality, will have to play PSL games in Pakistan if they are held there. The contracts will clearly state the number of matches to be played in Pakistan and the players will sign these contracts.

    “Of course, all games to be played in Pakistan will be subject to satisfactory security conditions but then, to be clear, even Pakistan players will not play at home if security is an issue. So, there will be no issue of PSL games being played in Pakistan without overseas players.”

    The statement does make it clear that the foreign recruits will be informed of the venue for the T20 extravaganza in advance before they pen their contracts.

    The second editions of the PSL saw the final being staged at the Gaddafi stadium in Pakistan after a satisfactory security review which led to the participation of several international players.

    The other matches were held in the UAE.

    A host of internationals including Darren Sammy had taken part in the PSL 2017 final.

    A host of internationals including Darren Sammy competed in the PSL final.

    Sethi also gave an update on the ongoing legal battle with the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) after their failure to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to stage a bilateral series between the two countries.

    The BCCI remains opposed to any bilateral matches between the two arch-rivals currently owing to a Government of India directive.

    Sethi said: “There has been excellent progress on this matter. We held three meetings in the past few months with the BCCI to address the issue but all three meetings were inconclusive with the BCCI sticking to the position that the government of India did not allow the bilateral series to proceed.

    “The matter is now with the ICC’s disputes resolution committee. Now the situation is that I will be travelling to London to record my statement on this case with our lawyers and we will proceed from there.”

    At the moment, Pakistan and India clashes is restricted to ICC tournaments like the Champions Trophy earlier this year. In England, Pakistan shocked one and all in a dream run to capture the trophy, beating India handsomely in the final.

    Sethi also said that a farewell ceremony would be organised soon for recently retired greats like Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi depending on the schedules of the legends.

    Sethi said that a farewell ceremony for the three Pakistan legends would be organized soon.

    Sethi said that a farewell ceremony for the three Pakistan legends would be organised soon.

    Pakistan is currently gearing up to host the ICC World XI in an historic series comprising of three T20 clashes beginning on September 12.

    The monumental clashes, renamed as the Independence Cup, could open up the floodgates for international cricket to return to Pakistan in a big way after years of isolation owing to the terrorist attack on the touring Sri Lanka cricket team bus in Lahore during 2009.

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