NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will introduce new floodlights at the stadiums in Karachi and Lahore for the Champions Trophy early next year.
This comes as part of a broader effort to ensure smaller venues, such as Quetta, Abbottabad, and Peshawar, are also equipped with light towers, enabling domestic matches to be played under lights in hot weather.
In order to cut costs, the PCB plans to transfer the existing floodlights in Karachi to Quetta and those in Lahore to Rawalpindi.
Karachi and Lahore will receive new light towers, and the PCB has started inviting tenders from eligible companies to provide these on a rental basis for the period from August 2024 to July 2025.
“The idea behind this process is to ensure smaller venues are also equipped with light towers for domestic cricket and major venues like Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi where most of the international games and CT matches would be played get towers which ensure international standard and uninterrupted provision of light during matches,” a source from the PCB was quoted by PTI.
Additionally, tenders have been invited for the provision of generators to cities including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Abbottabad, Quetta, and Peshawar.
According to the source, due to power fluctuations and load-shedding issues, the PCB employs generators to power the light towers at the grounds.
The PCB is implementing extensive facelifts of its stadiums in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi and due to that that the second Test against Bangladesh in Karachi will be played without spectators.
The PCB has already allocated funds in its fiscal budget to cover all costs associated with the renovation and facelift of the stadiums.
This comes as part of a broader effort to ensure smaller venues, such as Quetta, Abbottabad, and Peshawar, are also equipped with light towers, enabling domestic matches to be played under lights in hot weather.
In order to cut costs, the PCB plans to transfer the existing floodlights in Karachi to Quetta and those in Lahore to Rawalpindi.
Karachi and Lahore will receive new light towers, and the PCB has started inviting tenders from eligible companies to provide these on a rental basis for the period from August 2024 to July 2025.
“The idea behind this process is to ensure smaller venues are also equipped with light towers for domestic cricket and major venues like Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi where most of the international games and CT matches would be played get towers which ensure international standard and uninterrupted provision of light during matches,” a source from the PCB was quoted by PTI.
Additionally, tenders have been invited for the provision of generators to cities including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Abbottabad, Quetta, and Peshawar.
According to the source, due to power fluctuations and load-shedding issues, the PCB employs generators to power the light towers at the grounds.
The PCB is implementing extensive facelifts of its stadiums in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi and due to that that the second Test against Bangladesh in Karachi will be played without spectators.
The PCB has already allocated funds in its fiscal budget to cover all costs associated with the renovation and facelift of the stadiums.
