The Gaddafi stadium, under the renewal of the ICC champions trophy that will be held in Pakistan next month, will open again in the first week of February, said Friday the president of the Cricket Board of Pakistan (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi during Your visit to the stadium in Lahore.
The reconstruction of three stadiums, in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, which began on October 10 of last year, looked in danger at the same time while the board tried to finish the preparations for the first event of the Pakistan ICC from the World Cup from the World Cup In 1996.
Earlier this month, the Board extended the deadline until February 2 from January 25, stating that most of the final work in the stadium was completed, but the final touch would need 10 more days.
The other two stadiums under renewal for the event in Rawalpindi and Karachi face similar delays, however, the Board has said that preparations would be completed in time.
While talking with the media at the Gaddafi stadium today, PCB president Mohsin Naqvi said that the preparations for the land were scheduled and that the inauguration would take place in the first week of February.
“The first time in history that a stadium was prepared with the latest international facilities in Pakistan,” Naqvi said, added that fans, along with the players, would enjoy the facilities.
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Separately, according to the website of the International Cricket Council, the Green Team is the only one of the seven outfits to delay the announcement of the tournament team. However, according to the official Champions Trophy website, PCB has sent an interim list of 20 CPI players.
Pakistan has to consider several factors for the team: injuries in the Saim Ayub opener and the inclusion of the high -order batter Fakhar Zaman, who has been rooted in controversy since he violated the code of conduct of the players.
The deadline to finish the squads and / or replace a player within the determined attire is February 12, according to the official website of the Cricket Council.
PCB media and communications director Samiul Hasan Burney said Dawn.com The announcement for the CPI Champions Trophy team was expected to be later later.
Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand will also appear in a brief series of hate in Lahore and Karachi from February 8 to 14, whose team would be announced later today, Burney said.