LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided to holdremaining matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which was haltedearlier this month over COVID-19 cases, as majority of the franchise agreedon the venue.
It surfaced after PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani and other officials held avirtual meeting with the franchise owners. The owners expressed theirconcerns over the delay of the PSL 2021 after seven players and staffmembers tested positive for coronavirus.
The owners of five out of six franchise suggested that the venue of theremaining matches of the tournament should be shifted to Lahore.
However, a final decision in this regard will be made in the next meetingto be held in coming days.
Karachi was to host 20 of the 34 PSL matches while remaining 14 werescheduled to be held in Lahore from March 10 onwards.
The Punjab government has given go-ahead to host the matches.
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During the meeting, the franchise owners complained that they were nottaken on board while finalizing planning for the tournament.
They demanded the PCB to taken them into confidence over the bio-securebubble.
The cricket board aims at concluding the PSL 2021 by June as the nationalteam is scheduled to visit England and West Indies for matches. On theirreturn, Pakistan will host England and New Zealand in September.
