Pakistan’s premier domestic Twenty20 league will continue in Abu Dhabi next month.
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PSL: Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi was ruled out of the Pakistan Super League. He is suffering from a back injury, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Monday.
Pakistan’s premier domestic Twenty20 league will continue in Abu Dhabi next month. PSL was earlier postponed in March with 20 games remaining after many players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Afridi represented Multan Sultans in four of its five league games. He scored just three runs in two innings and picking up two wickets in 15 overs.
Afridi then experienced pain in his lower back while he was in Karachi with the team. Afterwards, he was examined by a doctor and was prescribed complete rest.
“Unfortunately, I have been advised to rest. I can no longer accompany my team Multan Sultans,” Afridi said in a statement.
“I am disappointed that I would be sitting out of the tournament. But my best wishes, support and prayers are with the team to take the trophy.”
The PCB will announce the schedule of the next 20 PSL games soon. The tournament is expected to be completed before the Pakistan team departs for England on June 23.
Fast bowler Naseem Shah will not be a part of the next month’s Pakistan Super League in Abu Dhabi. He had breached the tournament’s COVID-19.
The 18-year-old Shah arrived at a team hotel in Lahore on Monday with an outdated negative test for COVID-19 and the Pakistan Cricket Board said the right-arm fast bowler “is now out of the competition.”
The PCB’s protocols require all the players traveling to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to present a negative test taken not more than 48 hours prior to arrival at the team hotel. Shah presented a report on Monday from a test that was conducted on May 18.
(With inputs from AP)
