Have your say - PSL Final in Lahore

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Don't know why they are holding it in Dubai. The stadium is far away from where Pakistanis usually live..

Have you seen Sharjah Stadium? Even if the match is between Larkana and Khazdar, people will go to watch it..

Sharjah is better venue for bringing crowd but you need at least two or three stadium . You cannot have all matches in one stadium

But point is sooner or later you need to bring PSL in Pakistan if want to make it a profitable venture and want to open the window for international cricket in pakistan

 

[Devil Soul]

As a cricket lover, it is an excellent news for me. I will get to watch an truly entertaining (Inshallah) and somewhat important game of cricket, IN PAKISTAN!! FINALLY!!
People, the international media will get to see how crazy and excited we are about our cricket, how colorfull the city is and will help us show the brighter side of our country. I hope we will present an excellent one, set an example.

However, looking at the bigger picture, there are some very very serious concerns. If it really that HUGE? is it all worth the risk? Do you think that a PSL (PAKISTAN super league) final in Lahore will be enough to convince Australia or South Africa or England or any other team for that matter that every thing is cool and calm here in Pakistan (despite the bullet proof buses we will carry the teams in and all locked down shops and streets as if it is a curfew) and that they should come and play here, bringing back true international cricket? I dont think so!!! On other hand if anything goes wrong (God Forbade) even slightly it will be BYE BYE cricket for decades (not to mention the loss other than cricket which will be HUGE and tragic). It is just like that Zimbabwe tour. With Zimbabwe visiting Pakistan (with all due respect to the country and its people) it was never going to be enough of a certificate to convince Australians or the English to come and play here as well. However a small blast OUTSIDE the ground (that was actually prevented to cause any major problem since the guy was checked) irrelevant to the match was what made the headlines!

Most importantly, my point is that we are conducting an operation country wide, we are fighting terrorism since years and are hopefully at the last stage of uprooting this evil for good. A wait for two three more years wont hurt that much. We should not have risked it all for such little (relatively) reward.

This is all a personal opinion and anyone may disagree!

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Thank you for tagging me.... If we cant even hold a Pakistan Brand match in Pakistan then we shouldn't be expecting international players to consider playing in Pakistan in Future. Stupid politicians are using this event also for point scoring...

 

[Hyde]

If there were not recent events of blasts and rangers deployment in Punjab I think it was a brilliant idea to organise Final in Lahore but due to recent circumstances it certainly looks like the final will be played in very critical environment and even if no bad happens in the stadium and a tiny blast outside the city of Lahore will cause a lot of fear for the foreign players.

You play cricket to enjoy and earn so income for your family, you can't enjoy in fear

 

[sbh02]

Although nothing would happen to these players, it is shameful that it has come down to this.

The Pakistan government, LEAs and Armed Forces should be ashamed that our nation has to go through this, this shame. We are a better country than this, more peaceful and peace loving.

I think if we seriously tackle militancy in the country, and destroy these sleeper cells; and bring the militant violence down, then countries would want to tour our country.

 

[Rizwan Alam]

I don't think it is a good idea but, since the govt has announced it, we should cheer and support and hope for the best.

 

[Zibago]

Wohi to and if we don't hold it in Pakistan than we're simply telling terrorists that we surrender and in future they can easily sabotage any such event by exploding few bombs it will be a huge morale boost for them and their handlers... and if we do hold it than it will be a big dent in their morale.

 

[The Sandman]

See yr it's still a very tough decision it's not only about PSL just think what message we will give to terrorists and their handlers? that you can sabotage our every future event by few suicide bombs?

 

[Zibago]

And you are sure that you will get international cricket in Pakistan anytime soon by holding psl in empty stadium of dubai..i have doubt that PSL will survive long enough without home crowd

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/unrealised-potential-decoding-psl-economics.480246/

See yr it's still a very tough decision it's not only about PSL just think what message we will give to terrorists and their handlers? that you can sabotage our every future event by few suicide bombs?

So to give message to terrorist you will ruin your own product and create a security scene?

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Kaisa chawal leader ha jo qoum ko hosla dene k bajahey dra rha ha blasts se

There is one thing common between Ik and Terrorist i.e they boht dont want to see the final of PSL in lahore

Charm of PSL is to bring it in Pakistan and in presence of house full crowd cheering for their team

 

[Devil Soul]

and Tickets Sold Out..... ironic isnt it....

 

[The Sandman]

So to give message to terrorist you will ruin your own product and create a security scene?

and what if everything goes smoothly?

 

[Imran Khan]

what is PSL ?

 

[F86 Saber]

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/unrealised-potential-decoding-psl-economics.480246/


So to give message to terrorist you will ruin your own product and create a security scene?

First question you need to answer is, why are terrorists targeting only cricketing events? Why weren't there any such concerns about the ECO summit in Islamabad? Wouldn't a small blast in Islamabad or Rawalpindi have equally adverse effects?

I am sure that even if one or two International players come (Sammy and Samuels have already agreed to come) and the event passes without an incident, next year we will see more foreign players willing to come to Pakistan and then the next step would be to invite an International team. This is a risk that we "MUST" take.


This is how Euro 2016 was played in France.

Even if we get rid of all sorts of terrorism in Pakistan and play a cricket match after 10 years, the level of security will be the same as it would be today.

 

[Farah Sohail]

I don't think PSL final should be played in Lahore...its too big a risk...which is not worth it...

And now since most international players will not be coming..it has zero value..but even if one patakha blows. anywhere in Lahore, then we can say good bye to cricket for atleast a decade

 

[Areesh]

It is a pagal pan. We should do a dharna instead.