jonas10 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Nepal may host Pak home series July 13, 2011 KARACHI – Nepal has the potential to become the most preferred off shore venue for Pakistan in near future provided that country could create an international stadium to host world class events, said a former Pakistani cricket official who had been to the Himalayan country in connection with cricket duties in the recent past. Talking to TheNation here Tuesday former manager of MCB sports department M Iqbal who has been credited with finding cricketers like Qasim Omer, Ejaz Faqih and many others said that Nepal certainly had the potential to be off shore venue to host Pakistan home series mostly the shorter version of sport but said lack of a big international cricket stadium was major hurdle in that direction. That country had every things related to the game except a big stadium to organise international matches for top level teams. The country could guarantee huge crowds and cheap hospitality as compared to the Gulf region, England or Sri Lanka where the PCB had to spend millions of dollar to host home matches. There is huge following of the game in Nepal which in recent years has become an associate member of the ICC. Teams from India, Sri Lanka Pakistan and Bangladesh had travelled to Nepal to play matches in the past. Even these low level competitions had attracted huge crowds. M Iqbal was the first Pakistani cricket official to take an MCB team to Nepal. He said that he believed Nepal could be far better off shore venue than Gulf region. Cricket was as seriously followed in Nepal as any other country of the subcontinent. The sports had huge following and if Pakistan play there the venues would be jam-packed unlike in Sharjah or Abu Dhabi or Dubai Sports City where no doubt the facilities were top class but there were just a few hundred people to watch Tests, ODIs or even T20. Moreover financially Nepal would be cheapest amongst all the off shore venue where Pakistan had so far held its home matches. Gulf region is an extremely expensive off shore venue where organizing home series was not profitable. If Nepal could host an off shore Pakistan event it would be a roaring success both in terms of crowd and profits for the PCB. The Nepalese cricket did not have the kind of money needed to construct an international class stadium. Here a Pakistani entrepreneur may make investment and could construct the stadium if given the guarantee that Pakistan would play its ODI’s and T20s in that country as long as security situation normalizes and international cricket return to Pakistan. Once that guarantee was made one single or a conglomerate of entrepreneurs could look into investing in such an exciting venture. He said if Pakistan and India ODI or T20 matches were played there controlling the crowd would be problem. Indians would come in a large numbers because it is easier to travel and also the country was far less expensive as compared to even New Delhi or Mumbai. One thing was certain Nepal could certainly promise a huge crowds if Pakistan team went there to play matches against its opponents who could not come to Pakistan for security reasons. http://www.cricnepal.com/news/nepal-may-host-pak-home-series/ Wow....didnt know Nepal was so far ahead of Pakistan. :omg:
Cricket Tragic Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Nepal may host Pak home series July 13, 2011 KARACHI – Nepal has the potential to become the most preferred off shore venue for Pakistan in near future provided that country could create an international stadium to host world class events, said a former Pakistani cricket official who had been to the Himalayan country in connection with cricket duties in the recent past. Talking to TheNation here Tuesday former manager of MCB sports department M Iqbal who has been credited with finding cricketers like Qasim Omer, Ejaz Faqih and many others said that Nepal certainly had the potential to be off shore venue to host Pakistan home series mostly the shorter version of sport but said lack of a big international cricket stadium was major hurdle in that direction. That country had every things related to the game except a big stadium to organise international matches for top level teams. The country could guarantee huge crowds and cheap hospitality as compared to the Gulf region, England or Sri Lanka where the PCB had to spend millions of dollar to host home matches. There is huge following of the game in Nepal which in recent years has become an associate member of the ICC. Teams from India, Sri Lanka Pakistan and Bangladesh had travelled to Nepal to play matches in the past. Even these low level competitions had attracted huge crowds. M Iqbal was the first Pakistani cricket official to take an MCB team to Nepal. He said that he believed Nepal could be far better off shore venue than Gulf region. Cricket was as seriously followed in Nepal as any other country of the subcontinent. The sports had huge following and if Pakistan play there the venues would be jam-packed unlike in Sharjah or Abu Dhabi or Dubai Sports City where no doubt the facilities were top class but there were just a few hundred people to watch Tests, ODIs or even T20. Moreover financially Nepal would be cheapest amongst all the off shore venue where Pakistan had so far held its home matches. Gulf region is an extremely expensive off shore venue where organizing home series was not profitable. If Nepal could host an off shore Pakistan event it would be a roaring success both in terms of crowd and profits for the PCB. The Nepalese cricket did not have the kind of money needed to construct an international class stadium. Here a Pakistani entrepreneur may make investment and could construct the stadium if given the guarantee that Pakistan would play its ODI’s and T20s in that country as long as security situation normalizes and international cricket return to Pakistan. Once that guarantee was made one single or a conglomerate of entrepreneurs could look into investing in such an exciting venture. He said if Pakistan and India ODI or T20 matches were played there controlling the crowd would be problem. Indians would come in a large numbers because it is easier to travel and also the country was far less expensive as compared to even New Delhi or Mumbai. One thing was certain Nepal could certainly promise a huge crowds if Pakistan team went there to play matches against its opponents who could not come to Pakistan for security reasons. http://www.cricnepal.com/news/nepal-may-host-pak-home-series/ Wow....didnt know Nepal was so far ahead of Pakistan. :omg: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Ultimate_Game Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 What has Nepal done to deserve this> Based on the countries and teams which tried to help out Pakistan previously - England and Sri Lanka - and what happened to them I sympathize with Nepal.
Gotham Cronie Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Article Headline: "Nepal may host Pak home series" ICF Headline: "Pakistan to Play In Nepal"
Mariyam Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Serious non troll question: Should Nepal be allowed to host anyone, given that they play at an altitude where the air is rarer and all teams may not be able to adapt to those conditions etc? Is there any ICC statute that limits the altitude/ or other geographic factors where a match can be played?
gaurav92 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Serious non troll question: Should Nepal be allowed to host anyone, given that they play at an altitude where the air is rarer and all teams may not be able to adapt to those conditions etc? Is there any ICC statute that limits the altitude/ or other geographic factors where a match can be played? We played IPL at Dharamsala, and there shouldn't be much of a problem.
Trichromatic Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Serious non troll question: Should Nepal be allowed to host anyone, given that they play at an altitude where the air is rarer and all teams may not be able to adapt to those conditions etc? Is there any ICC statute that limits the altitude/ or other geographic factors where a match can be played? Johannesburg is also at high altitude (5700 ft above sea level) and Wanderers has hosted many matches. Dambulla (4000 ft) is another stadium situated at high altitude. I don't think stadiums in Nepal would be at higher level. Mods, please change the title of the thread.
Rahul Dravid Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 LOL feel sorry for Nepal... to have those a-holes come there.
Rahul Dravid Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 but great for the cricket fans in nepal.. max are indian cricket fans and theyd hopefully get to watch the sachins and dravids !.. the fans must be happy.
saneindian Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Serious non troll question: Should Nepal be allowed to host anyone' date=' given that they play [b']at an altitude where the air is rarer and all teams may not be able to adapt to those conditions etc? Is there any ICC statute that limits the altitude/ or other geographic factors where a match can be played? The whole of Nepal is not at the same altitude as Mount Everest :--D Barring kathmandu, the other big cities of Nepal like Biratnagar, Birganj, Dharan, Pokhara etc are located at an altitude of less than 600-700 meters from the sea level. For comparison Bangalore is 900 meters above sea level, Pune 500 meters, Delhi 250 etc.
kabira Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Nepal is used by jihadis to enter India, remember that hijacking?? Since direct entry from Pakistan is not that easy, they use Nepal and Bangladesh. sorry little off topic.
jairamesh Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 This is turning into a joke: Let's see the options consider(ed) or (ing): 1) England 2) US 3) Zimbabwe 4) UAE 5) Sri Lanka 6) Nepal Next 7) any suggestions?? North Korea (Ijaz Butt: "We have always had unbridled and thriving relationship with Kim Jong-il, who will guarantee us full stadiums in return for past favors")
achilles Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Nepal is used by jihadis to enter India, remember that hijacking?? Since direct entry from Pakistan is not that easy, they use Nepal and Bangladesh. sorry little off topic. We can do grab operations... Afridi be Target Uno, I say :two_thumbs_up:
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