Sialkot Stallions found place in CLT20 2012

Sialkot Stallions, Pakistan’s regional domestic T20 champion, has eventually succeeded to find place in the Indian Champions League T20 as BCCI says it had no objection to a team from Pakistan participating.This is the first time since 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai that a Pakistani team has been invited to play in India. BCCI chief N Srinivasan confirmed that an invitation has been sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
“The Working Committee has decided to invite a team from Pakistan to play in Champions League Twenty20 to be held in October,” N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, said after the board’s working committee meeting in Chennai.
“CLT20 is owned by BCCI, Cricket Australia, and Cricket South Africa. So we will recommend to the Governing Council that the BCCI has no objection and is prepared to invite a Pakistan team in the Champions League.
“CLT20 will be played in India. As far as inviting a Pakistani team is concerned, it will be done by the Governing Council. The BCCI will make the recommendation to the Governing Council which will decide on the matter.
The move is considered as a big breakthrough for the revival of Indo-Pak cricketing relations, which had been snapped after the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. It could also now smooth the way for participation Pakistani players in the IPL for the first time after 2008.
In the meeting BCCI also decided to set up its Anti-Corruption Unit on the lines of the one in the International Cricket Council (ICC).