In what came as a major relief for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the UAE authorities have issued visas to the players and broadcasting crew of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 remainde to be held in Abu Dhabi and now chartered flights from Lahore & Karachi will leave for the gulf nation at 1 pm on Thursday.
Meanwhile, chartered flights from India and South Africa are expected to arrive in Abu Dhabi tomorrow while an official announcement on the schedule of the PSL remainder will be made later today.
Earlier on Wednesday, the PCB confirmed that the UAE authorities had issued visas to 25 Indian nationals who are part of the broadcasting crew and will fly to Abu Dhabi.
Also, the visas for 26 South Africans, comprising players and technical staff, to travel from Johannesburg to the Emirates have also been issued.
“All the players, officials and crew which check into their hotels by 2.00.P.M on 27th May would have been considered to have started their isolation period,” the Board said in a statement.
The players, the officials and Board staff have cleared two COVID-19 tests after being isolated at hotels in Karachi and Lahore for the last three days.
After landing, all the members of the PSL will have to serve an eight day of quarantine.
The PCB decided to hold the remaining 20 matches of the PSL-6 in Abu Dhabi after the tournament had to be postponed in early March in Karachi due to rising COVID-19 cases among the franchise players and officials.