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CRICKET RETURNS TO PAKISTAN

Ramiz Raja credits ICC for 'braving perceptions'; bringing cricket back to Pakistan

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"Pakistan cricket too will soon be reaping the benefits of its hard slog over the past eight years."
"Pakistan cricket too will soon be reaping the benefits of its hard slog over the past eight years." © Getty

Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja believes the return of cricket to the country, after being shunned by most international sides for nearly eight years, has ensured that the "cricketing fraternity will not let Pakistan be left behind".

Barring a brief limited-overs tour by Zimbabwe in 2015, no international side has visited Pakistan since the Sri Lankan team's bus was attacked by armed militants outside the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in 2009. Nearly eight years later, Lahore is set to

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