Pakistan Super League (PSL) chairman Najam Sethi expressed on Wednesday that some foreign players have agreed to play the final of the second edition of the Twenty20 league.
Speaking to media representatives on Wednesday evening, he said: “I will not disclose the names of the foreign players who have agreed to play in Lahore but I can assure you that the final here will be bigger than the one held in the UAE.”
Sethi said this at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) while visiting a training camp set up by PSL side Peshawar Zalmi.
He confirmed that overseas players were being offered extra money to play the final in Lahore. “We’re offering extra money, as much as US$20,000 each to foreign players to play the final in Lahore. We’re building 14 new rooms in the NCA to provide accommodation to the foreign players for the PSL matches.”
Sethi said that the success of the PSL has fuelled a cash influx in the game here. “The PSL is the biggest gift to the nation from the PCB,” Sethi declared. “Its success has seen major changes in national tournaments. We now have to fill our stadiums again.”
The senior PCB official said that the PSL success will help increase the fan following of the PSL teams, ultimately increasing their prices as they will attract more sponsors.
It may be mentioned that no top team has toured Pakistan since March, 2009 after militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore.
Sethi hoping to resume hosting international cricket at home and has high expectations with the second edition of PSL next February also in the UAE but has said that he wants the final to be staged in Lahore at PCB headquarters at the Gaddafi stadium.
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