Covid: Pakistan Super League postponed after virus outbreak

Dubai - As many as seven Covid-positive cases have been reported in the competition so far.

The Pakistan Super League has been postponed indefinitely after six players and a support staffer tested positive for Covid-19, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Thursday.

The PCB said in a statement that the decision was taken after a virtual meeting with owners of the six PSL clubs.

“The PCB, as an immediate step, will focus on the safe and secure passage of all participants,” the cricket board said, adding that it will also make arrangements of further Covid-19 testing, provide vaccines and will also assist in providing isolation facilities.

Karachi had hosted 14 of the 20 preliminary round matches before the event was due to move to Lahore for the remaining 14 games on March 10.

Earlier on Thursday, the tally of infected individuals in the PSL bio-secure bubble rose to seven after three more unnamed cricketers from two clubs tested positive for Covid-19.

Islamabad United’s two foreign cricketers, including Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, an unnamed foreign cricketer and a support staff member from one of the clubs were already in isolation after being tested positive earlier this week.