Ramiz Raja wants the national team to play cricket fearlessly. (AFP photo)
ACB president Azizullah Fazli will travel to Lahore to meet his PCB counterpart Ramiz Raja and discuss holding a white-ball series between them.
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President of Afghanistan Cricket The board, Azizullah Fazli, will visit Lahore on Sunday and meet his Pakistani counterpart Ramiz Raja to organize a white-ball series between the two countries. A reliable source in the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that Fazli will be in Lahore to meet Raja. “Faizli may ask the PCB to send his team for the one-day series this year,” the source said. Afghanistan was to host Pakistan for the first bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka in early September, but the rubber was postponed. The Taliban took over the country.
The source admitted that the PCB will find it difficult to take a final call on Fazli’s invitation as the Pakistan government has not yet recognized the Taliban government.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said that it is considering banning the conflict-torn country from participating in the upcoming T20 World Cup T20 if the Taliban government does not allow women to participate in cricketing activities.
Many Afghan women footballers and some cricketers have emigrated to other countries after the Taliban took over Kabul for fear of a backlash from the radical group.
“It is a difficult situation at the moment, however with the way New Zealand abandoned their series in Pakistan and returned home and the England board also canceled the tour of the country, Pakistan is clearly short on international cricket.
“Add to that the series postponed by Afghanistan and there is no doubt that Pakistan is in dire need of international matches, but given the position of the Taliban government, the PCB is faced with a difficult decision,” the source said. said.
Afghanistan has been placed in the group of Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
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