LAHORE, Jan 10 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Management Committee (MC) Zaka Ashraf has said that the PCB has managed to sell the live-streaming and broadcast rights of two seasons of the HBL PSL 9 and 10 at record high price in the league’s history under him.
Addressing a press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday, he said the PSL live-streaming rights were sold for 1.90 billion rupees showing an increase of 113 percent from the previous edition while the broadcast right were for 6.30 billion rupees, a little less than the base price, which was 45 percent higher than the previous editions.
PCB Chief Operating Officer (COO) Salman Naseer and PSL Commissioner Naila Bhatti accompanied the Chairman MC Zaka Ashraf and provided statistics to the media.
Zaka Ashraf also said more stadiums for the promotion of cricket will be added to the existing one, adding one match of the HBL PSL 9 featuring Peshawar Zalmi may be played at the Arbab Niaz stadium if the KPK government handed control of the stadium to the PCB soon.
He made a special mention of the Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir, who had asked the Defence Housing Authority (DHAs) managements to provide land to the PCB for cricket. He said possession of the land for a cricket stadium in Islamabad will be shortly handed to the PCB.
Zaka further said that the Punjab government has also committed to hand over control of stadiums in Gujranwala and Sheikhupura to PCB.
Talking about his visit to Australia to meet Cricket Australia (CA) officials for more stronger ties between the two boards, he said the PCB and CA have agreed in principle to ensure the scheduling of the PSL and the Big Bash League (BBL) does not clash with each other in future.
He said this will keep intact a good pool of players for both the leagues, considering a large number of T20 leagues being played across the globe.
He said that as per the mutual understanding, both the boards will provide frequent tours to the Women, Shaheens, and U 19 teams, which will help players get acclimatized with the conditions in both countries.
About the pitch curators, he said the CA Chairman Mike Baird has offered PCB to send its curators to learn from the pitch curators in Australia and then pass on this knowledge to the others in stadiums across Pakistan.
