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On Wednesday, various media outlets reported that South African batsman Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League. Earlier this week, du Plessis, following a collision with a teammate, had concussed himself, suffering subsequent memory loss post recovery.

The PSL 2021 clash between Gladiators and Qalandars on Tuesday got a little bit too competitive as Quetta skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed exchanged verbal blows with Shaheen Afridi, who hit the latter on the head with a bouncer. Sarfaraz asked Shaheen to ‘take it easy’ and the comment baffled the youngster.

Days after evicting Naseem Shah from PSL 2021 for breaking protocol, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have made a U-turn and have allowed the youngster to rejoin the team hotel in Lahore. Shah, who represents Quetta Gladiators, now has to return three negative results in order to be cleared.

Pakistan’s teenage sensation Naseem Shah will miss the second half of the 2021 Pakistan Super League (PSL) season as the PCB have chosen not to take the youngster to Dubai after he produced a non-compliant RT-PCR Test. Naseem, against protocol, had provided Test results dated May 18.