PSL 2021 Postponed After More Players Test Covid-19 Positive

Pakistan Super League 2021: The three players, who tested positive were not part of the teams that participated in Wednesday's PSL 6 double-headers, and will self-isolate for 10 days. 

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to postpone the remainder of PSL 2021 with immediate effect after seven cases of Coronavirus were reported during the tournament. PCB, in a statement, confirmed that 3 more players from two different teams tested positive for Covid-19. The three players, who tested positive were not part of the teams that participated in Wednesday's PSL 6 double-headers, and will self-isolate for 10 days. 

Three new cases on Thursday have increased the tally of total positive cases in the bio-secure bubble to seven, of which six were players.  An emergency meeting of the PSL organizing committee and franchises took place, in which it was decided to postpone the league.

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The sixth season of PSL began on 20 February 2021.  A total of 34 matches are scheduled to be played in the 6-team tournament.  Till Wednesday, 14 matches so far have been played in the tournament. Shockingly, despite the bio-secure bubble, players are testing positive for coronavirus infection.

The first was reported on March 1, when Australia's Fawad Ahmed tested Covid-19 positive. The very next day, as per PCB, two more foreign players, along with support-staff member had tested positive.