KARACHI: Former skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed was one of 11 players and officials that have been on Sunday refused accessibility to board commercial flights into Abu Dhabi that will sponsor the rest of the matches of the Pakistan Super League next month.
The Pakistan Cricket Board was confronting logistical problems, such as acquiring visas and permissions to land reserve flights in Mumbai and Johannesburg, before their PSL that will restart in Abu Dhabi after a postponement in March this year.
“As many as 11 players and officials in their approach into the PSL, such as the Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, weren’t permitted to board commercial flights traveling from Lahore and Karachi to Abu Dhabi through Doha early dawn Sunday,” ESPNcricinfo reported.
“Five men from using this PSL contingent were stuck to flywhile others had to go back to their resorts in which they’ve been in quarantine since May 24.
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a heap of over 25 people from both towns had been supposed to go to the UAE to a chartered plane.
“However, the PCB, at a late choice, rather chose to place them on flightsthat nullified the quarantine protocols in place.
” On Thursday, two charter flights taking around 250 officials, players, PCB workers and official broadcasters along with their employees gained in Abu Dhabi in Karachi and Lahore.
The Board had got the approval from UAE government to property its own charter flights in Mumbai and Johannesburg carrying members of this broadcasting team, officials and players.
The PCB had confronted a lengthy delay getting visas to its Indian and South African American team members, a problem that was solved on Thursday.
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there stay many people, for example, franchise service team, that are to have UAE visas ” The team is scheduled from June 5 however, the Board is to produce fittings.
The window hosting case is modest since Pakistan might need to depart for England on June 22 to get a limited-overs series.
The PSL 6 has been postponed in early March at Karachi because of increasing COVID-19 instances among officials and players with only 14 matches performed at that moment.