Afridi not for persuading India

Cricketing ties between the countries have been snapped by border and political tension.

“As a cricket fan, I’d love to watch India-Pakistan series and the UAE is an ideal venue because a lot of Indian and Pakistanis live in this country”, said the vice-president of BCCI.

The 35-year-old has said, “I don’t see any reason to play against India if they don’t want to play. If they don’t want to play why should we show that we are keen to play them”, Afridi said.

“Pakistan has all the time welcomed India, final time when India toured Pakistan no one has seen such a welcome to any group on the earth”.

Swat, a district in Pakistan famous for tourism and delicious fruit, is part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which has produced 16 Test players for Pakistan including Shahid Afridi, Younus Khan and Umar Gul. But the tournament was hampered by the unwillingness of foreign players to visit Pakistan.

“I wanted to bowl at least one over to Afridi”.

Pakistan are now scheduled to play two Twenty20 Internationals against Zimbabwe later this month.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had announced recently that the inaugural edition of the league would be held in Doha, Qatar in February 2016.

Afridi reasoned that Pakistan was a better destination to host the PSL as it will help revive cricket in the country.

In May, Zimbabwe became the first Test country to tour Pakistan since 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus.

“When I got the opportunity to play the leather-ball cricket I didn’t let it go”, Imran said, paying credit to Swat’s District Cricket Associationfor his success. “It looks good if our grounds get revived, filled with crowds and our own players get the maximum benefit out of it”. The response was overwhelmingly negative, which forced the PSL to be held outside Pakistan. We have to work on the basic things and making them strong. I spoke to some gamers and they’re prepared to come.

The Pakistan limited-overs squads are presently undergoing a conditioning camp at Gaddafi Stadium. The trip is meant to reciprocate the Zimbabwe tour to Pakistan earlier this year.

“Obviously little question they’re a positive aspect”. I never underestimate any team especially in T20 format as once the game slips out of your hand it’s really hard to fight back.

A source close to the players said a number of the national team players had communicated this to their team direction and were not comfortable to determine Asif Butt and Aamir in the NCA. They are in form as a team. Playing at their house floor in their very own circumstances is all the time robust.

If Imran does make his worldwide debut in Zimbabwe, expect to see a different style of bowler to notable southpaws produced by Pakistan.

“We are getting ready and the series is permitting us to attempt many new faces forward of the World T20. If we play each other it would be a bigger series than the Ashes”, he added.

The results only confirmed that there had been a shift in the balance of power in Pakistan cricket with the big sides like Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad no longer able to match the enthusiasm and fearless approach of comparatively weaker outfits like Peshawar, Multan and Abbotabad.