Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja explained how beneficial the home series against Australia was for Pakistan. Raja said that he estimates approximately a profit of 2 billion Pakistani rupees from the series. Australia sent a full-strength squad for a historic tour of Pakistan earlier this year. The tour began in March and ended earlier this week.
Australia and Pakistan played a 3-match ICC World Test Championship series against each other, where the Aussies emerged victorious by a scoreline of 1-0. The first two matches of that series ended in a stalemate, while the third game ended in the favor of the Australian team.
All three Test matches attracted huge crowds. Also, the viewership was high for the Test matches. It was followed by an ICC Cricket World Cup Super League series and a one-off T20I between the two countries. Australia won the first ODI, but Pakistan bounced back and won the 3-match series 2-1.
In the one-off T20I, Aaron Finch’s men defeated Babar Azam and co. Speaking in a video released by Pakistan Cricket Board after the completion of the historic tour, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja gave details about the profits generated and said:
“From commercial aspect, I think we have broken all the records. I think we will generate profit around two billion rupees from this [Australia] tour, which is humongous.”
We are far behind in terms of infrastructure: PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja
While Raja was delighted to see the massive profit generation from the home series against Australia, he also admitted that the Pakistan Cricket Board needs to work on the infrastructure in the country for the growth of the sport.
“We are on the right track when it comes to commercial and cricket aspects but we are far behind in terms of infrastructure,” he mentioned in the same video.
