Five out of ten Pakistani cricketers stranded in Sri Lanka will leave for Pakistan today

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 04 Jan 2023

COLOMBO - First lot of Pakistani cricketers, who are stranded in Sri Lanka due to current lockdown worldwide will be leaving for Karachi and Lahore today (Tuesday).

“There had been seventeen Pakistani cricketers, who came to play for several clubs in Sri Lanka and seven of them had already left in the month of March because of their commitments with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),” the 36-year-old all-rounder Kashif Naved said.

Kashif Naved (Panadura Cricket Club) is one of the five lucky, who would be leaving for Pakistan today (Tuesday). The other four, who will be leaving for Pakistan on Tuesday are: Mohtasheem Ali (Kalutra Town Cricket Club), Ahsan Baig (Tamil Union), Ali Maher (Galle Cricket Club) and Qaisar Ashraf (Nugegoda Cricket Club).

“The arrangement has been done for the five cricketers to travel in a Cargo. We already had Sri Lanka Airlines travel tickets and therefore given the first preference. Our High Commissioner and Dy. High Commissioner (Mr. Tanveer) made special arrangement for us,” he added.

The remaining five, who will be sent later are: Azhar Attari (Panadura Cricket Club), Ali Mansoor (the son of former Pak player-Mansoor Elahi: Kalutra Town Cricket Club), Faizan Khan (Tamil Union), Abid Hasan (Galle Cricket Club) and Basit Ali (Nugegoda Cricket Club). The respective clubs have made splendid arrangements for stranded players during their extended stay in Sri Lanka.