DTVHINDIPCB completes deal to change name of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium
Not just Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, but Karachi’s National Stadium will also be renamed as National Bank Cricket Arena. Gaddafi Stadium (Source: Twitter) The Pakistan Cricket Board has struck a deal worth one billion Pakistani rupees with a private bank for the naming rights of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The stadium was named after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1974 but now the stadium will be named after the bank. Not just Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, but Karachi’s National Stadium will also be renamed as National Bank Cricket Arena. Although the Pakistan Cricket Board has not yet officially announced this deal, sources have confirmed this. A source said, ‘The deal is worth one billion rupees while the board had sold the naming rights of the Karachi stadium for $450 million.’ The initiative to sell the naming rights started in 2021 during the tenure of former PCB chairman and former captain Rameez Raja. Three important stadiums of the country have to be prepared in the best possible way before the start of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Current Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi wants the country’s three important stadiums to be completely repaired before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and that is why he has made this deal. The source also said, ‘Mohsin Naqvi also wants that the domestic cricket stream should be supported and maximum revenue should be generated from it. All this will also boost Pakistan cricket a lot. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played in Pakistan. Many people have been eagerly waiting for this important tournament for a long time. This tournament can be hosted in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. Before the start of this tournament, the Pakistan Cricket Board is also trying to improve its three important stadiums. Top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC 10 HOT pictures of Ishan Kishan’s girlfriend Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket Virat Kohli’s 10 expensive watches and their prices, know here- Dinesh Karthik will rock LLC, join this team for the upcoming season List of batsmen who hit the most T20 sixes in 2024- Pakistan’s luck is bad, they have not won a Test match for 1294 days These 5 Indian cricketers are addicted to alcohol Shikhar Dhawan did this trick to win the ‘Golden Bat’ 5 big records of Shikhar Dhawan, in this case he is ahead of Kohli
