{"id":64551,"date":"2025-02-04T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=64551"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:39:11","slug":"peshawars-arbab-niaz-stadium-set-to-host-psl-10-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/peshawars-arbab-niaz-stadium-set-to-host-psl-10-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Peshawar&#8217;s Arbab Niaz Stadium set to host PSL 10 matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium is likely to host <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/psl-draft-updates-2025-check-full-picks-list\/\">Pakistan Super League<\/a> (PSL) 10 matches as the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/army-rangers-to-be-deployed-in-lahore-for-tri-nation-series\/\">Pakistan Cricket Board<\/a> (PCB) is contemplating reviving cricket in the arena after a long 19-year gap.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, PCB has been considering a proposal to host two PSL matches this year in April in Peshawar&#8217;s newly overhauled stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The development came after the International Cricket Council (ICC) officials visited the stadium to assess the feasibility of hosting Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p>The visit included a survey of the ground, pavilion area, player routes, and hotel accommodations for foreign players, the state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/sports\/authorities-mull-hosting-match-at-arbab-niaz-stadium-after-20-years\/\"><em>APP<\/em> <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p>As per details,\u00a0Peshawar police officials briefed ICC representatives on security arrangements including a shuttle service for spectators, drone surveillance, and the establishment of a helipad near the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, Peshawar Zalmi\u2019s owner Javed Afridi, and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government requested the PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi to consider Peshawar for the upcoming PSL.<\/p>\n<p>In an email sent to PCB, Javed Afridi highlighted the importance of hosting games at Zalmi\u2019s home ground. He asked PCB to form a committee in Peshawar to guarantee the hosting of PSL in the city.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Afridi wrote, &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taking on X, Zalim&#8217;s owner said Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur has given directives to the sports department to release funds for the remaining 20% construction work at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chairman PCB is in favor of hosting the Peshawar Zalmi games in Peshawar. Get ready for some thrilling events before PSL, fans will see International Stars at KP Soil. InshaAlla,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The last international cricket match between Pakistan and India at the venue took place in 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium is likely to host Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 matches as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is contemplating reviving cricket in the arena after a long 19-year gap. According to the sources, PCB has been considering a proposal to host two PSL matches this year in April in Peshawar&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":64555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[459,967,26300],"class_list":["post-64551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pakistan-cricket-board","tag-pakistan-super-league","tag-arbab-niaz-cricket-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64557,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64551\/revisions\/64557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}