Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday, has announced to delay the Pakistan Super League (PSL 6)after the outbreak of coronavirus among players. Earlier, an Australian player named Fawad Ahmed from Islamabad United was first tested positive for coronavirus last week. Following him two other people had tested positive, triggering worry among teams, management, and followers of PSL.
PCB announced that they have decided to postpone the matches due to the health and well-being of players and participants in the tournament.
📢 HBL PSL 6 POSTPONED
PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan, Director – Commercial and Babar Hamid, will hold a media conference at the National Stadium at 3pm to provide further updates.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Thursday that the Pakistan Super League 6 will be delayed following rising incidents of Covid-19 among its players.
A day earlier, the PCB decided to offer SARS-Coronavirus Vaccine doses to all participants of PSL 6.— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) March 4, 2021
“Following a meeting with the team owners and considering the health and wellbeing of all participants is paramount, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to postpone the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 with immediate effect. The decision was made after seven cases were reported in the competition, which had started on 20 February,” the cricket body said in a press release.
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PCB added that they are planning on arranging PCR tests, vaccines, and isolation facilities for the six franchises.
The cricketing body confirmed that three more players from two different teams have tested positive for coronavirus taking the toll of participants testing positive to 7. They are undergoing self-isolation for 10 days.
PCB assured that these players were not part of the two matches, Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans played yesterday, though they were tested earlier in the day after they showed symptoms.
On Wednesday, PCB had decided to offer coronavirus vaccine doses to all the participants of PSL 6, becoming the first cricket board to do so.
Reports claim the foreign players from Islamabad United all-rounder Lewis Gregory, Quetta Gladiators batsman Tom Banton, and Kamran Khan, who is the fielding coach of Karachi Kings, have tested positive for coronavirus.
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To all the irresponsible players & managements, thank you for ruining the whole tournament PSL 6 for us.
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) March 4, 2021
Heart Breaking News: PSL 6 postponed
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Fans and followers have expressed disappointment on the postponement of the tournament and have asked the authorities to hold accountable the responsible for the breach in the bio-secure bubble