BANI GALA, March 5: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan has wished the two teams, Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi luck on Sunday for final match of Pakistan Super League 2017.
Khan stated on Twitter that he appreciates participation of the public in the event.
He prayed that the Almighty keeps everyone safe. It should be mentioned here that Kevin Pieterson of Quetta Gladiators cited Khan’s initial statement against organising the final match in Pakistan.
Four cricketers that played for Gladiators the entire league including Pieterson and Luke Wright refused to arrive in Lahore after which PSL arranged for other foreign players to play for the Gladiators tonight.
Imran s statement had come after a suicide attack in Lahore on February 13 that prompted management and the cricket board to revisit decision over the match in Lahore. However, the cricket board was permitted to go ahead with the final match in the provincial capital by the Government of Punjab.
Reports surfaced last week that the cricket authority did not dispatch an invitation to the former national skipper, Imran Khan but were dissed in the days that followed.
Abdul Qadir, Javed Miandad and Imran Khan were invited to attend the match. Najam Sethi stated that he had extended invitation to Khan at least four times. The Chairman of PSL, Najam Sethi thanked Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif tonight in the closing ceremony for his efforts to the make the event a success. -Agencies
