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‘PCB should stop pushing for India series’ insists Afridi

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By Web Desk Published September 18, 2015 3 Min Read
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Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said that, “the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should stop pushing for a series against India and concentrate more on persuading other teams to tour Pakistan”.

Afridi told reporters earlier today in Lahore, “I don’t know why we are pushing for a series against India again and again. I don’t see any reason to play [against India] if they don’t want to play.”

The PCB is still waiting for the green light from its Indian counterpart for December’s planned Test and limited-overs series in the United Arab Emirates.

Both countries’ cricket boards have signed an agreement to play at least six times in between 2015-2023, but the India board needs its government’s approval to revive cricketing ties with Pakistan.

The last time both teams played a Test series was in 2007 when Pakistan toured India. Pakistan last hosted India for a Test series in 2006.

Pakistan has scheduled T20 internationals against Zimbabwe, England and New Zealand ahead of the World T20 tournament in India next March and April, after which Afridi has said he will quit playing the shortest cricket format.

Afridi has already stopped playing ODIs following Pakistan’s loss in the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup in Australia in March.

Pakistan cricket selectors have included rookie left-arm fast bowler Imran Khan Jr. and offspinner Bilal Asif for the two T20s against Zimbabwe later this month in order to start getting ready for next year’s event in India.

“The idea is to try out new players and there are number of players who impressed me in National T20 tournament this week,” Afridi said.

Imran took 16 wickets in the tournament and played a key role in the final when his Peshawar squad won the trophy over the Karachi side led by Afridi.

Asif took nine wickets in the national tournament.

In May, Zimbabwe became the first Test country to tour Pakistan since 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus. The Zimbabweans played three ODIs and two T20s in Lahore.

With top-level international cricket a rarity in Pakistan, Afridi said it would have been better if the PCB had decided to host next February’s inaugural T20 Pakistan Super League at home instead of choosing Doha, Qatar, as the venue.

“It would have been great had it been organised in Pakistan because we were talking about revival of cricket in Pakistan after the tour of Zimbabwe,” he said.

“Our players would have benefited more had it been organised in Pakistan. I am not worried whether foreign players come or not, but at least the crowd will come and our own youngsters get an opportunity.”

Read : Pakistan-India series would give Test cricket much-needed boost: ICC
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