Key Highlights
I have been critical of HBL PSL management, where I personally want every PSL franchise staging its home game on its own turf, furthermore, keeping perspective high, keeping in mind, when first final was played on Pakistani soil, Gaddafi stadium was definitely in a miserable condition, but slowly Pakistan evolved, and now National Bank Stadium in Karachi is going through renovations, and similarly Gaddafi Stadium Lahore is expected to have a roof in next step, just hope and wish that it won't replicate NSK's roof, I have to agree with some YouTubers that it was merely 5 years ago when this roof was installed, hence the ROI is in negative, so this is another of that time, where Pakistan has to think out of the box and similarly worth taking risk, because once this is common practice that venue gets polished once cricket matches start played.
Turning Points
While analyzing official PSL 11 itineraries, I observed that some venues are getting majority percentage of the matches, second aspect that in every ground, the square usually consists of 4-5 active pitches, hence how is it possible that in Lahore, Lahore is playing its home-games, apart from that Multan, Islamabad playing their share of games in Gaddafi stadium, so is it possible that other teams enjoying the home-turf advantage? How is it possible that same square which is supposedly supporting Lahore, will equally support other teams? Keeping in mind, previous season, we all saw Multan elevating its performance, as soon Multan's games start played in Multan, this is my own segregation of home team grounds, this is good for the league, and secondly it is important for the feeble conditions of our cricket grounds, furthermore I have been ample supporter of staging more games in smaller cities, as cricket enthusiasm available more than Karachi and Lahore, furthermore Karachi and Lahore requires multiple international venues.
Final Words
I am saying that multiple venues for Karachi and Lahore as one venue for staging league games, and other venue be staging playoffs and final, and similarly in this manner, we could create more venues for staging playoffs and final games, as I have mentioned earlier that I am fan of staging more games in smaller and unprivileged cities as compared to staging only in Karachi and/or Lahore only.
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