The Pakistan Cricket Board will use new floodlights in stadiums in Karachi and Lahore for the Champions Trophy early next year. To save costs, the PCB has decided to shift the flood lights already installed in Karachi to Quetta and the flood lights in Lahore to Rawalpindi.

According to PTI, apart from installing new light towers in Karachi and Lahore on rental basis, the PCB is also planning to install flood lights at smaller venues like Quetta, Abbottabad, Peshawar for playing night matches during the summer season to cope with the busy domestic schedule. Have decided. Karachi and Lahore will get new light towers and for this purpose the PCB has started the process of inviting tenders from eligible companies to provide light towers on rental basis for the period between August 2024 and July 2025.

A source at the board was unable to reveal the exact costs involved in the process, but said that some towers would be sponsored. “Through this process, we want to ensure that even small venues for domestic cricket are equipped with light towers,” the session said. Towers should be installed as per international standards in major places like Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi where most of the international matches are played.

The PCB has also invited tenders for the provision of generators for Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Abbottabad, Quetta, Peshawar along with other destinations as the country grapples with the problem of load shedding (cut in supply due to power shortage). Used to be.