West Indian cricketer and Peshawar Zalmi player Marlon Samuels on Saturday thanked Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa for security arrangements for the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore, vowing that he would continue to support the cause of bringing international cricket back to Pakistan.
“Security was top class, you couldn’t ask for better security system. [I]Thank army for the way they dealt with things,” he said in a video posted on Twitter by Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi .
Samueles video message came after his fellow players from the Peshawar Zalmi had meeting with the army chief who applauded the team and conveyed his thanks to the foreign players and guests who came to Pakistan for the final.
We Pakistani's will never forget your sacrifices ,ur golden words are a message for the world that we r peace loving nation n we love Crickt pic.twitter.com/rxYtjfZIMC
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) March 11, 2017
The West Indian player thanked the army chief for the acknowledgement and jokingly said: “General, I wouldn’t mind coming back to Pakistan if I am gonna get a metallic badge on my shoulder because I am a general in Jamaica that’s why I wore my army suit in Pakistan . Whenever you are ready to let me be part of the Pakistan army, I am ready because I am soldier in Jamaica and I want to be part of Pakistan army. Thank you again and I salute you”.
The West Indian player said he had lovely sleep in Lahore and cricket should definitely come back to Pakistan. And I will continue to promote this until I die.
“I spend a lot of time in Jamaica with Pakistanis. They’re all my friends. So I’m Pakistani in my heart. It didn’t take much for me to decide to come to Pakistan.
“For me it’s more than just me coming to Pakistan and playing game of cricket.”
He was also all praise for Zalmi owner Javed Afridi and said: You couldn’t ask for a better host coming to Dubai and then coming to Pakistan”.
@MarlonSamuels7 Salute from the Whole Nation for such a marvellous words. You are the campions of the hearts.Special message to the Army 1/2 pic.twitter.com/8ppPIqG9ml
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) March 11, 2017
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