Sports Board Punjab conducted cricket trials for the selection of SBP Grade-II cricket team at the SBP Cricket academy outside Punjab Stadium on Saturday.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi was the chief guest at the trials. He inaugurated the trials and witnessed the proceedings minutely along with former Test cricketer Aizaz Cheema and SBP coaches, who supervised the trials process.
Director Sports Chand Perveen, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and other officials were also present on this occasion. On the first day, hundreds of young cricketers from across the country including Balochistan, KP and Waziristan appeared in the trials.
Talking to media on this occasion, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that the trials are being conducted as per PCB’s selection criteria. “After the trials, two teams will be formed of selected players and a couple of practice matches will be organized to assess the match fitness, playing techniques and stamina of cricketers”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi further said that the selected players of Sports Board Punjab Grade-II cricket team will be awarded monthly scholarships. “Punjab Sports Department is going to organize Chief Minister Punjab National Marathon, Cycling Race and Swimming Championship in the coming days”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that since Chief Minister Punjab has declared 2026 as ‘Year of Youth’ so we are organizing sports and youth affairs activities across the province with maximum participation of youth. “There will be various seminars, and training workshops at e-libraries to engage and train the talented youth of the province”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that an massive sports calendar has been formulated according to which we are going to organize mega sports events at tehsil, district and divisional level. “Sports Board Punjab has 90 plus cricket grounds across the province where several cricket events are being organised to engage our youth in healthy sports activities”.