Last Update on: February 26th, 2023 at 07:37 pm
This afternoon, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and PSL franchise owners convened a teleconference to address the ongoing impasse concerning the staging of PSL 2023 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, as per Cricket Pakistan.
The parties unanimously agreed to maintain their position from Friday’s meeting, which states that no payments should be made to the Punjab government for security arrangements for visiting foreign teams and players. According to the parties involved, the responsibility for security falls under the purview of the government and state organizations of any country.
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Furthermore, the PSL franchises have reportedly urged the PCB to consider alternative options for the tournament, such as returning to the UAE or exploring a new location in the United States of America (USA). This statement suggests that the parties involved may be open to considering alternative venues or locations for the tournament, given the current deadlock over security arrangements in Pakistan.
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On Sunday morning, the Chairman of the PCB Management Committee, Najam Sethi, reached out to Pakistan’s Prime Minister and the PCBs Patron-in-Chief, Shehbaz Sharif, in an effort to resolve the impasse between the PCB and the interim Punjab government over security expenses for the PSL 2023 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
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Sources indicate that Sethi explained his position to the Prime Minister and sought his intervention to help resolve the deadlock. In response, the Prime Minister assured Sethi of his full support.
Sethi also explained that if the interim Punjab government does not compromise on its demand of PKR 250 million for security expenses and expects the PCB to pay the remaining PKR 250 million bill, the board would be forced to make the difficult decision of relocating the matches to Karachi.
It is worth noting that the dispute centres around the cost of security arrangements for the tournament, with the interim Punjab government demanding a significant sum from the PCB, which the board is unwilling to pay.
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