The Pakistan Super League match (PSL) between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, scheduled for Thursday evening at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium, was canceled after the Indian armed forces targeted radars and air defense systems in several places. PCB officials suggested moving all the remaining PSL matches to three sites – Karachi, Doha and Dubai. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday that the PSL would occur as planned despite the attack on India and the increase in tensions between the two nations. However, the situation quickly evolved.
“A PSL match in Rawalpindi was canceled after an attack, leaving foreign players in depth. The match was tonight. Many are now looking to leave the country as soon as possible. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will decide after consulting the government,” a former cricket player Pakistan told Ians.
In the early hours of May 7, India launched precision strikes targeting nine high -value terrorist camps through Pakistan and cashmere occupied by Pakistan (POK), in response to the horrible terrorist attack in Pahalgam which won 26 lives – 25 Indians and a Nepalese national.
During the night of May 7 to 8, Pakistan tried to initiate a number of military objectives in the north and west of India, notably Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal and Mischodi, Uttarlai and Bhuj, and Mischal.
India on Thursday morning, India targeted radars and air defense systems in several places in Pakistan, during which that of Lahore was neutralized, the government said in a statement.
According to the Pakistani media, PCB called on Thursday an urgent meeting with PSL franchises at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore to discuss the possible options to carry out the remaining PSL.
According to the GEO Super Report, with the current national circumstances in mind, the PCB envisages several options to avoid any hiccups in PSL 10 as well as the next Home T20i series against Bangladesh.
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