Pakistan Super League to resume on June 9 in Abu Dhabi

ISLAMABAD: The sixth season of the Pakistan Super League tournament, suspended in March due to the coronavirus, will resume from June 9, with the final match of the series on June 24, ESPNcricinfo reported on Thursday.
The tournament will be played in Abu Dhabi on a compressed schedule with as many as six double-headers and the early games starting at 5pm Abu Dhabi time, and the evening matches at 8pm local time.
The Twenty20 competition had to be suspended in March following a spate of COVID-19 cases among players and officials.
“The fate of the tournament was hanging in the balance for the last two weeks with several challenges around logistical arrangements and more crucially the pending approvals from Abu Dhabi government,” ESPNcricinfo reported. “One of the main roadblocks was getting the necessary exemptions for the production crew from India and South Africa ... The delay in their visas and then clearances for chartered flights to land in the UAE caused a delay as they are meant to undergo 10 days in quarantine on arrival.”
The tournament was earlier meant to start on June 5, with Sharjah being considered as an alternative venue.
“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 [Emirates Cricket Board] agreed to delay the start of the bilateral tour to accommodate the PSL,” the website said.
Over 300 personnel — both from Pakistan and overseas — are in Abu Dhabi and a majority of them, other than those from India and South Africa, have completed their quarantine.