The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday stated it could be pressured to postpone the remaining matches of PSL 6 if it doesn’t get the required approvals from the related authorities within the UAE within the subsequent 24 hours.
The PCB has knowledgeable the six franchise homeowners in a web based session that it had delay a ultimate determination on the internet hosting of remaining Pakistan Super League matches 6 until Thursday.
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The PCB, in an announcement, confirmed that it had acquired sure approvals from the related authorities within the UAE however some points nonetheless have to be sorted out.
“If we do not receive clarity by Thursday afternoon, then we have no other option but to request postponement of the remaining 20 matches,” PCB CEO Wasim Khan stated in an announcement.
Khan’s deadline got here throughout an in depth on-line dialogue with the homeowners of the six PSL franchises about the potential for conducting the remaining matches of the league in Abu Dhabi.
A seven-member PCB crew has been within the UAE because the final one week and has been attempting to get required approvals from the authorities by way of the Emirates Cricket Board to host the matches in Abu Dhabi.
But based on a dependable supply, because the UAE authorities has positioned a ban on all outbound flights from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to the UAE attributable to a surge in COVID-19 instances in these international locations, the PCB is dealing with issues in getting approvals.
“Some of the conditions put forth by the UAE authorities make it next to impossible for the PCB to host the matches in UAE,” the PCB supply stated.
The PCB has scheduled the remaining PSL 6 matches from June 1 to twenty after it needed to droop the league in March in Karachi.
The determination to droop PSL 6 was taken after the profitable completion of simply 14 of the 34 scheduled video games attributable to rising COVID-19 optimistic instances among the many gamers and officers.
The PCB then determined to carry the remaining matches within the UAE after the National Command and Operations Authority, which displays the COVID-19 state of affairs in Pakistan, had suggested it in opposition to holding the video games once more in Karachi.
The PCB in its assertion stated that following detailed discussions, during which all potential situations have been reviewed and analysed, it was unanimously agreed to attend till the shut of enterprise on Thursday (UAE time) earlier than a ultimate determination on internet hosting of the remaining matches are made.
“In today’s online discussion, we updated the team owners that the PCB had been advised that the PSL had received approvals from the relevant authorities in the UAE. However, some clarifications on certain exemption requests are still awaited, which are expected at some stage on Thursday,” Khan stated.
“The team owners agreed that if we do not receive clarity by Thursday afternoon, then they will have no other option but to request postponement of the remaining 20 matches.
“In the meantime, we will continue to liaise with the UAE government and the Emirates Cricket Board as they are equally keen for the event to be held in the UAE.”
If the remaining matches of the PSL 6 wre not held this yr, the PCB and franchise homeowners might face potential income and broadcasting losses in thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
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