Abu Dhabi to host all remaining PSL 2021 matches

Good news has come the way of Pakistan cricket as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have confirmed that the 20 remaining matches of the 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will all be held in Abu Dhabi. The 2021 PSL season, which was suspended in March, was set to restart in June in Karachi but a steep rise in Covid cases threw a spanner in PCB’s works.

“The PCB will now hold an online meeting with the six franchise owners later in the day to update them about the progress made as well as to finalise all details, which will be shared in due course.”

“We are delighted with this development as the remaining hurdles in the staging of the remaining HBL PSL 6 matches in Abu Dhabi have been overcome and all systems are now good to go. We are grateful to the UAE government, National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, Emirates Cricket Board and Abu Dhabi Sports Council for their support and patronage in ensuring all final obstacles were removed, which has firmly put us in a position to complete our marquee event,” Wasim Khan said.

“The PCB, in consultation with the team owners, will now work at pace to finalise all event-related arrangements, details of which will be shared in due course. I take this opportunity to thank my staff for their untiring efforts and hard work that included sacrificing their Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in an effort to ensure the PCB honours its commitment to its fans to hold the remaining matches of the tournament in June.

The PSL 2021 table is currently topped by Karachi Kings, who also incidentally are the defending champions.