Pak-Ind Blind Cricket series on year’s end

Secretary, Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), Bilal Satti, said on Saturday that as all the nation is working on to make better the Pakistan-India relations so we are too not lacking behind in that.

He told APP that we are 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 we will discuss this thing.

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 us.

“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 wanted to come to Pakistan in December if their government allows them.

He also expressed that among all the countries blind cricket teams Pakistan is the most successful and the only one who spends the most on this sport.

“We get 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.”

He expressed that because of this grant we have got alot of exposure to international cricket and that is why we are getting better day by day.

As many as three Blind World Cups have been held So far at New Delhi, India (1998); Chennai, India (2002) and Islamabad, Pakistan (2006). Pakistan has won the last two World Cups while the first one was won by South Africa.