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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. 

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. 

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