Pakistan plans own IPL-style T20 tournament

LAHORE: As Pakistan's cricketers look on in envy the border color, wealth and glitter of the Indian Premier League and are wondering when their time comes to "join the party IPL," the Pakistan Cricket Board are once again pushing the idea of ​​a large Pakistani Premier League.

Exclusively for PakPassion.net, Sultan Rana, the head of PCB domestic cricket said that the establishment of the Pakistan Premier League was in their plans for the last two years.

"We first considered the idea a couple of years. The documents were complete and we were all set to go, but the attack on the Sri Lankan team meant that we were away from all our plans at this time, "said Rana.

Rana, however, is hopeful that the plans have been prepared a couple of years and subsequently shelved not going to waste and can be tweaked and implemented soon.

"I recently went to Sri Lanka during the World Cup and has spoken to many other countries, representatives of the Council but outside Sri Lanka, they are reluctant to send their players in Pakistan, so that presents a problem for us . We can not host the tournament in Pakistan if we want to attract the best players. "

Although the choice to host the Pakistan Premier League in Pakistan is unlikely at present, the other option of hosting the competition in Dubai is something that is much more likely by Rana.

"What we're trying to do is to organize a tournament in Dubai. This idea was discussed in the past and has been much in our plans and he is still on the table. I'm sure we (PCBs) may organize the tournament, which runs along the lines of Indian Premier League. "

[Courtesy: PakPassion.net]