Few Sri Lanka Players Not Keen On Visiting Pakistan

Well, after a fine time, Pakistan set to host an international game in their home soil. They signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to play a bilateral series next month. Meanwhile, there comes the first hurdle for Sri Lanka, as their players were not keen on visiting Pakistan.

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Pakistan will host Sri Lanka in three one-day internationals and the same number of Twenty20 internationals starting in September before two Tests as part of the World Test Championship in December, the cricket boards of both countries recently revealed to the media.

Niroshan Dickwell, Thisara Perera to play for St Lucia Stars:

However, the wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella and the all-rounder Thisara Perera are two among the many, who are not interested in visiting Pakistan for the bilateral series. The names of the few other cricketers are yet to be known while Thisara Perera and Niroshan Dickwella asked for permission.

Sri Lanka’s wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella and all-rounder Thisara Perera have sought permission to play in the Caribbean Premier League Cricket CPL T20. It is to run between September 4 and October 12.  Interestingly, both are in contention for the forthcoming Pakistan tour. And also, they are part of the 24-Probables chosen by the selectors.

Dickwella was signed by St Lucia Stars who have also picked the hard-hitting allrounder Perera to their ranks, giving them three overseas players from Sri Lanka in their camp. Alongside the duo, the likes of Lasith Malinga and Isuru Udana also found a place in the CPL tournament.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) agreed to bring forward the limited-overs leg of the split series and pushed back the two Tests, which were originally set to take place in October.

Pakistan did not host international cricket for six years following the 2009 attack, with the team playing their home matches in the United Arab Emirates. However, Pakistan has since hosted limited-overs games featuring Zimbabwe (2015), a World XI (2017), Sri Lanka (2017) and West Indies (2018) apart from Pakistan Super League games.