Pakistan former captain Waqar Younis has said that the departure of international cricket from Pakistan has taken its toll on the country’s cricket.

“We have struggled for the last ten years now, that cricket has not been played in our country, so that’s a big loss,” said Younis, while talking to OSN Sports.

The former Pakistan coach was of the view that playing in UAE- Pakistan cricket adopted home after the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, was not bearing fruit as the Pakistani youth misses out on the opportunity on seeing their heroes performing ‘in front of them.’

“It doesn’t matter how much cricket you play here in (UAE) it leaves a big affect back home, the kids growing up don’t watch their heroes playing in front of them, so it is affecting us.”

Waqar Younis however, expressed optimism over the coming of Pakistan Super League (PSL) back to Pakistan, and believed that things will get better for Pakistan cricket in the near future.

“Hopefully, the PSL going back to Pakistan, hopefully we will have few more games, and things will start getting better.”