Karachi, June 4: Afghan cricket team coach Rashid Latif has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to include Afghanistan in its forthcoming domestic Twenty20 tournament.
The PCB is set to host the eight-team T20 competition later this month at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
"It will be better that the PCB allows at least one team from Afghanistan''''s Kabul region in their Twenty20 Championship. It will bring more colour to Pakistan'''' most popular cricket tournament," the Daily Times quoted Rashid, as telling German radio Deutsche Welle.
He also thanked the PCB for inviting Afghanistan for the recently concluded one-day matches against Pakistan A.
"It was a good tour for both Pakistan and Afghanistan, as we were the first foreign team touring Pakistan in two years. And at the same time Afghanistan cricketers learnt a lot from this trip because Pakistan A''''s strength was equal to their national team," he said.
Rashid, who played 37 Tests and 166 one-day internationals for Pakistan, also said that the Afghanistan Cricket Board should arrange matches against associate countries like Ireland, Scotland, Holland and Kenya.
"If we perform well against those nations, then definitely big cricketing nations will be willing to play T20 internationals against us. We should be focusing on this, rather than playing one-day matches against full members of the ICC at the moment," he added.
© ANI
