'We are excited to play in front of Pakistani crowd' says Kumar Sangakkara.

Lahore -- The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president and former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has shared his joy for the tour as the MCC is playing in Pakistan for the first time in 47 years.

'It's been 47 years for MCC and ten years for me personally coming back to Pakistan. On behalf of MCC, we are thrilled to be here,' Kumar said in a press conference at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore along with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Cheif Executive Wasim Khan

The 42-year-old emphasized that the tour of Pakistan has been in discussion for a long period of time in the MCC meetings but after witnessing the arrangements and improvements, the tour was on the top of the list.

'Thank you to the PCB and especially Wasim because when he came to present the proposal in the MCC meeting, it was an eye-opener for us on how he delivered the points to us and after that presentation, the decision was swiftly made to play in Pakistan,' he added.

The left-hander remembered the occasion where he played one of the best knocks at Gaddafi Stadium where he scored a double-hundred in the Asian Test Championship in 2002

'Immense memories of playing in Lahore against the great players like Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Abdul, Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, who went on to become great players,'

He pointed out the importance of...

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