PCB eyeing PSL return in June

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The Pakistan Super League that was postponed earlier this month with immediate effect will resume in June. The Pakistan Cricket Board and the franchises are targeting the month of June to resume the tournament. 

“June emerged as the most preferred and practical window due to Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s international commitments in March/April and late August/September,” a release from PSL said.  

There are 20 matches remaining to take place in the tournament. These fixtures are now being planned after the men’s team return from Zimbabwe on May 13 and before their departure for England on June 26. 

“The PCB management will now look into the operational and logistical challenges and revert to the franchise owners and stakeholders,” the release further added. 

The PSL was postponed after a rise in the COVID-19 cases within the league. The PCB CEO had earlier said the decision of postponing the league was taken after a discussion with the franchise owners. 

"We had a discussion this morning with the franchise owners and we came to the conclusion that it was best to postpone the event. We entered that meeting with the franchisees with one or two possible solutions, one in terms of looking to halt proceedings for five days until we were able to make sense of what was going on and see whether we could move forward. There was a strong consensus that it was untenable to continue based on the fact that it was outside of ours and others reasonable sort of areas because of what had taken place."



 

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