da dobrowin： Pakistan has invited the Indian junior cricket team to play matches inan under-19 tournament in preparation for next year’s Youth World Cupto be held in New Zealand
14-Aug-2001Pakistan has invited the Indian junior cricket team to play matches inan under-19 tournament in preparation for next year’s Youth World Cupto be held in New Zealand.”So far we have not received any confirmation regarding our invitationfrom India but we had also asked the Sri Lankan Board to send theirjunior team and they have sent in their confirmation,” PakistanCricket Board’s director Brigadier Munnawar Rana was quoted as sayingin The News today.Rana said the Sri Lankans would visit Pakistan sometime in November.He added he had extended the invitations to Sri Lanka and India duringthe International Cricket Council meeting in London in June.”We are hoping the Indians will also confirm, let us see what happens.But we have to ensure our junior team goes well prepared to NewZealand,” he said.India did not send their team to Karachi for the Asia Under-17Championship last year.Rana said Pakistan will prepare for the Youth World Cup very seriouslythis time as they had never managed to win this particular title.Pakistan juniors lost in the semi-finals of the last Youth World Cupheld in Sri Lanka.