Due to the increasing Covid-19 cases in the last few days, the PSL 2021 has been postponed with immediate effect. The decision was taken in a meeting on Thursday.
PSL postponed again
Once again Covid-19 showed its impact on the Pakistan Super League. the ongoing season of PSL 2021 has been postponed following the outbreak of Covid-19 positive cases in the last few days. After a meeting among the organizing committee, stakeholders, management, and team owners, the Pakistan Cricket Board released a statement on Thursday, March 4.
The official release from the PCB stated, “The decision was made after seven cases were reported in the competition, which had started on 20 February.” As of now, only 14 out of the scheduled 34 matches were completed at the time of the PCB announcing the postponement. The statement further spoke about the concerns regarding safety which made them take the decision with immediate effect. “The PCB, as an immediate step, will focus on the safe and secure passage of all participants, and arrange repeat PCR tests, vaccines and isolation facilities to the six participating sides.”
What happened?
The previous edition of the Pakistan Cricket League was also postponed last year when the pandemic started to show its effect in its initial days. The knockouts of the PSL 2020 were rescheduled and hosted in last November after the Covid-19 effect was lowered. But yet again, the virus showed its increasing effect in the last few days. The PCB had to call for a meeting on urgent basis a day after three positive cases were reported. The affected cases include Quetta Gladiators batsman Tom Baton and Karachi Kings fielding coach Kamran Khan. This comes within days of Quetta’s Fawad Ahmed testing positive, which led to the postponement of a league fixture by a day.
PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan, Director – Commercial Babar Hamid, will hold a media conference at the National Stadium at 3 pm to provide further updates.
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