We all know that today Pakistan Cricket League is going to start. Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Kevin Pietersen and Kumar Sangakkara are among the more than 100 players who are going to feature in this tournament.Pakistan now has its own version of the Indian Premier League. To be fair, it was only a matter of time. After India, if there is one country that can match the cricketing devotion of its fervent fans, it is Pakistan.
In recent years, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and even the West Indies launched their own versions of the IPL, with varying degrees of success. But Pakistan didn’t quite manage to get things off the ground. A big factor was the fact that international teams were not willing to tour Pakistan because of security concerns.
But things seem to be looking up now. After years of uncertainty, the Pakistan Cricket Board finally unveiled concrete plans for the Pakistan Super League in September previous year. The inaugural edition is set to begin today.
Why it is important for Pakistan Cricket?
Pakistan cricketers, peeved and frustrated, after being ignored by the the cash-rich and glamorous Indian Premier League for seven years, finally have a league of their own.The whole world is aware of the fact how Pakistan cricket is declining day by day.Its not that their players dnt have talents,they have talents in fact they are as much talented as our indian cricketer but they have to prove their talent by performing.They need to learn how to apply their talent.
Look how IPL had improved Indian cricket.Pakistan also need this type to league where their young players can learn how to handle pressure. They can really put themself out there in front of the world, make a name for themself. Playing with international stars, and triumphing against them will help domestic cricketers to make strong cases for being given runs in their national sides.It also provides them the chance to share dressing rooms with the top players, learn from the best coaches in the world and also improve their cricket skills quickly.
For the betterment of world cricket it is really important for Pakistan cricket to rise also.We Indians also love those rivalry between Indian and Pakistani team of older games when some great players were playing those days,but now a day even India Pakistan matches seems little boring,although they dnt play regularly now a days otherwise it will become boring too due to one side matches.We Indians also want PSL to succeed so that it will improve Pakistani cricket and we will hope that we will see those intense rivalry soon in future.PSL will also help Pakistani players to prepare for the upcoming t-20 world cup.
Well written. Thanks for your views and perspective! Regards from across the border.
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