The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 season will be completed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with Abu Dhabi hosting the remaining 20 matches.
The T20 cricket tournament was suspended on March 4 after a large number of positive Covid-19 tests were revealed among the players and the supporting staff.
Till then only 14 matches were completed in the 34-match tournament.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after months of negotiations, finally got approval from UAE authorities to conduct the remaining matches at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
This Friday (May 28), chartered flights carrying players, broadcasting team members and officials landed in Abu Dhabi.
At the time of suspension, defending champions Karachi Kings were leading the points table with three wins from five outings, ahead of Peshawar Zalmi, Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars on net run rate. Islamabad and Lahore, however, have a game each in hand. Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators were at the bottom with one win each from five outings.
Muhammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) was leading the scoring charts with 297 runs. Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) and Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings) completed the top three with 258 and 200 runs respectively.
Saqib Mahmood (Peshawar Zalmi) with 12 wickets led the bowling charts, followed by Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) and Shahnawaz Dhani (Multan Sultans) with nine scalps each.
Earlier, the PCB allowed franchises to make changes in their respective rosters. The final squad list was published on May 22.
As of today the schedule of the matches proposed is as following:
Match 15: Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United on June 1, at 8.30 pm
Match 16: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings on June 2, at 8.30 pm
Match 17: Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators on June 3, at 8.30 pm
Match 18: Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars on June 4, at 8.30 pm
Match 19: Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators on June 5, at 5:30 PM
Match 20: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings on June 5, at 10.30 pm
Match 21: Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings on June 6, at 8.30 pm
Match 22: Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars on June 7, at 8.30 pm
Match 23: Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi on June 8, at 8.30 pm
Match 24: Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars on June 9, at 8.30 pm
Match 25: Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings on June 10, at 8.30 pm
Match 26: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United on June 11, at 8.30 pm
Match 27: Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi on June 12, at 5.30 pm
Match 28: Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings on June 12, at 10.30 am
Match 29: Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi on June 13, at 8.30 pm
Match 30: Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars on June 14, at 8:30 pm
Match 31, Qualifier: TBD vs TBD on June 16, at 8:30 pm
Match 32, Eliminator 1: TBD vs TBD on June 17, at 8:30 pm
Match 33, Eliminator 2: TBD vs TBD on June 18, at 8:30 pm
Match 34, Final: TBD vs TBD on June 20, at 8:30 pm