The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Shahryar Khan , has invited the BCCI official sand also some Government officials to watch a match at Lahore between Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
This is a ploy to improve the relations between the Cricket Boards of India and Pakistan , after Shahryar met several leading members of the ruling party, BJP and also BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur. This meeting also made possible the revival of the India –Pakistan bilateral series .
Shahryar is hoping that Arun Jaitley or Anurag Thakur will come to Pakistan as special guests for the match at Lahore.
International Cricket is returning to Pakistan after a long time , since the Sri Lankan team was attacked in 2009 and after a long struggle , PCB has managed to get an International team to Pakistan.
Though India vs Pakistan ties aare to resume in this December and sources claim that Government has given a green signal to this. Also, there is a report that the first Test match of the series will be in Kolkata
Sources also claim that during his meeting with Jagmohan Dalmiya, Shahryar had a talk over the non-involvement of Pakistan players in the IPL. Dalmiya assured him that he will look into the matter and this will be discussed in the next meeting of the Working Committee.