PSL 2022: PCB Orders Pakistani Players In BBL To Return Immediately

The PCB had already released the match schedule for PSL 2022, which begins at the National Stadium in Karachi, before the event is being shifted to Lahore from February 9.

PTI

Updated on: 16 January 2022 4:08 pm

Batter Fakhar Zaman is one of the few Pakistani cricketer playing in Big Bash League.

Pakistan Cricket Board has asked all the national players participating in the ongoing Big Bash League in Australia to return home immediately in order to give themselves ample time to prepare for the seventh edition of PSL, which begins in Karachi from January 27. (More Cricket News)

The PCB has asked Muhammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan to return home immediately ahead of the upcoming Pakistan Super League.

The Board has also confirmed that the PSL would be held as per the original schedule in two phases at Karachi and Lahore.

The PCB had already released the match schedule for the tournament, which begins at the National Stadium here, before the event is being shifted to Lahore from February 9.

Having signed enhanced new broadcast and title sponsorship deals for the PSL 7, the PCB is banking on the league to be a major success despite the rising number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country.

The PCB has written to the franchises employing the Pakistani players that they are all required to return home for the PSL preparations.