Lahore, Aug 28 (IANS): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday introduced the gate earnings coming from Pakistan’s first T20I towards England, to be held on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi on September 20, shall be donated to the Prime Minister’s Flood Aid Fund 2022.

Earlier, it was introduced that the Babar Azam-led aspect will put on black armbands of their opening match of Group A in Asia Cup 2022 towards India on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Sunday night to precise solidarity with the victims and their households affected by the floods.

Heavy downpour has continued to pummel components of Pakistan already battered by calamitous floods of epic proportions, unleashing loss of life and destruction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Sindh provinces.

Scores of individuals have died in KP, the place heavy rains have triggered devastating floods in rivers and streams that additionally swept away a number of houses close to their banks. Balochistan has remained reduce off from the remainder of the nation attributable to contemporary rains.

“We on the PCB categorical our grief and sorrow for all these affected by the acute monsoon rainfall and floods, which has resulted in havoc and devastation past creativeness, killing over 1,000 and leaving round one million homeless. As cricket unites our proud nation, we stand firmly with the victims and all these concerned within the flood aid and rescue operations.”

“As a accountable and caring organisation, the PCB has at all times stood with its followers and public in powerful, difficult and testing occasions. On this regard, we now have determined to donate gate proceeds from the primary T20I towards England subsequent month to the Prime Minister’s Flood Aid Fund,” mentioned Ramiz Raja, PCB Chairman.

PCB has additionally urged cricket followers and followers to buy tickets in giant numbers as soon as they’re made obtainable on-line on the market subsequent week to indicate unity with all these affected by the current calamity attributable to floods, assist with the rehabilitation of the affected inhabitants and assist the native and federal governments of their aid and rescue operations.

“I encourage all spectators to take part on this initiative by buying tickets for the primary T20I and turning up in massive numbers in order that we as a cricketing household can donate a considerable quantity to the fund and present solidarity with these affected by the disaster.”

“We now have already despatched vehicles filled with meals, medicines and different commodities to the affected areas and can proceed to assist our nation and rescue operational groups in any method we are able to. Our ideas and prayers stay with the individuals of Pakistan,” added Raja.

England will play seven T20Is on their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years. Karachi will stage matches on September 20, 22, 23 and 25, whereas Lahore would be the venue for the remaining three matches on September 28 and 30, and October 2.

England will then return to Pakistan in late November for 3 Assessments, which shall be performed in Rawalpindi (December 1-5), Multan (December 9-13) and Karachi (December 17-21) as a part of the World Check Championship (WTC) cycle 2021-23.