ISLAMABAD – Bilal Satti, Secretary Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), said on Saturday that as the entire nation is working to improve Pakistan-India relations, PBCC is not lagging behind. He told APP that PBCC is likely to host a bilateral Pak-India series at the end of this year in Dubai.
“We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20s in the series,” he
said.
He said that on May 12 there is a meeting of World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) in which he will discuss the bilateral series.
He said teams of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Australia New Zealand, West Indies South Africa and England will attend that meeting, which will also prove very helpful for them.
“We want India and all other countries teams to tour Pakistan and revive the International cricket over here.”
He said that earlier this year South African team had expressed its desire to come to Pakistan in December, if their government allows.
He also said that of all blind cricket teams, Pakistan is the most successful one. He attributed the success to the financial support that PBCC has received, which has allowed the players to get a lot of international exposure and which has allowed the team to get better with time.
“We got a grant of one crore thirty lakhs from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which has made it very easy for us to participate in many international events.”
As many as three Blind World Cups have been held so far. The first one was in New Delhi, India (1998), the second one in Chennai, India (2002) and the latest one in Islamabad, Pakistan (2006). Pakistan has won the last two World Cups while the first one was won by South Africa.
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