LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is weighing up choices to postpone the house collection in opposition to West Indies, slated for February and March in 2024, which is clashing with the following version of Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL). The PCB has additionally requested the Emirates Cricket Board to tug again their ILT20 league by ten days to keep away from overlapping. Pakistan, in accordance with ICC’s FTP, are scheduled to host West Indies for 2 Checks and three T20Is early subsequent yr, which has additionally been the window for conducting the PSL since 2016. Within the final PSL governing council assembly, it was affirmed that the PCB can “sacrifice” the house collection. The board has opened up discussions with a number of stakeholders now in a bid to have a transparent window for the following PSL.
If the PCB conducts the West Indies collection after Ramzan, which is after the second week of April, they might face one other problem. With the IPL scheduled for April-Might, a number of West Indies gamers may be unavailable for the bilateral collection in Pakistan. The PCB hasn’t stated something on when the collection may very well be rescheduled however there have been discussions on the opportunity of taking part in the house collection in the course of the month of Ramadan – March to April. Nevertheless, taking part in Checks throughout that month will pose severe challenges with gamers observing fasting. That stated, the PCB had performed a limited-overs collection in opposition to New Zealand in the course of the month of Ramadan this yr, the place the five-match T20I collection was performed at night time and the 5 ODIs have been performed post-Ramzan.
Almost about the PSL, the six-team event now runs for 34 days. Attributable to Ramzan, its window is restricted from February 12 to March 10. With the ILT20 scheduled for January 13 to February 12 in 2024, the PCB has requested the UAE board for a ten-day concession. It’s seemingly that the PCB may also launch its gamers to signal a contract with the ILT20, a transfer floated as a discount after the Pakistan board had turned down NOCs for a batch of Pakistan gamers for the league within the inaugural version. In the meantime, the PCB can also be planning to introduce two extra franchises within the PSL, presumably extending the window by ten days. The PSL and finance departments are presently forming a proposal on the monetary distribution mannequin, scheduling, and the industrial side to attempt to persuade the present six groups for the enlargement, which is dealing with just a few roadblocks together with its window.