The sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) is all set to resume on June 9 overcoming a lot of hurdles. The final will be played on June 24. The tournament will be played in Abu Dhabi, despite speculation in recent days that it was going to be moved to Sharjah.
There will be as many as six double-headers, with the early games starting at 5 pm Abu Dhabi time, and the evening matches at 8 pm local time. The seven-day isolation period for players and staff who arrived in the UAE via chartered flights from Pakistan ended on June 2 but a delay in the arrival of the production crew forced the PCB to rejig the schedule.
PSL 2021 final to take place on June 24
Meanwhile, PSL 2021 was earlier meant to start not later than June 5 and they had considered Sharjah as an alternative where the quarantine rules are not as strict as in Abu Dhabi. Overall, over 300 personnel – both from Pakistan and overseas – are in Abu Dhabi and a majority of them (other than the ones from India and South Africa) have already completed their quarantine.
One of the biggest challenges was to wrap up the league before June 22 as the Pakistan squad was set to fly to England on June 23 which was later changed to June 25 after the ECB agreed to delay the start of the bilateral tour to accommodate the PSL. But there will be no change in the dates of the matches with the first game of the tour, an ODI in Cardiff, set to be played on July 8.
Meanwhile, speaking of PSL 2021, Karachi Kings are currently at the top of the points table with six wins from five matches. Peshawar Zalmi are placed second with the same number of points followed by Islamabad United with five points.
Here is the full schedule:
🚨 Schedule Announcement 🚨
Complete list of fixtures for the Abu Dhabi leg is here! Ready?
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) June 3, 2021
