The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that the remaining matches within the Pakistan Super League have been moved to the United Arab Emirates attributable to escalating tensions with India.
The PCB said it had made its decision in response to India allegedly targeting the match between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United in Rawalpindi on Wednesday evening with a surveillance drone.
It follows the postponement of a match on Thursday between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi that involved three English players – James Vince, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Luke Wood.
In a press release, the PCB confirmed that the eight remaining fixtures of the T20 tournament, scheduled for Rawalpindi, Multan and Lahore, will all be staged within the UAE.
PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi added: “The PCB has all the time stood by the position that politics and sports must be kept apart.
“Nevertheless, in view of the extremely irresponsible and dangerous Indian act of targeting the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, which was manifestly done to disrupt the continued HBL Pakistan Super League X, the PCB has decided to shift the remaining matches to UAE in order that the domestic in addition to foreign cricketers, who’re our precious guests, could be saved from the possible reckless targeting by India.”
