PSL 7: Franchises allowed to induct extra gamers

The board has allowed the franchises to maneuver the cap up from 18 to twenty gamers, whereas the 2 additions ought to both be home or a mixture of home and international, sources mentioned.

Nevertheless, the franchises won’t be allowed to induct two international gamers. The choice of the extra gamers will likely be accomplished subsequent month, simply days earlier than the league begins — on January 27. The PSL draft happened final week.

The choice was taken after the PSL franchises had requested the PCB to extend the staff gamers, given the uncertainty because of the present coronavirus state of affairs, sources mentioned.

PCB additionally goals to extend the significance of home gamers by the choice, sources added.

It’s pertinent to say right here that the ODI sequence between Pakistan and West Indies — scheduled from Dec 18-22 — was postponed after a number of Windies gamers examined optimistic for COVID-19 through the three-match T20 sequence.

After the announcement, PCB Chief Working Workplace Salman Naseer mentioned that though there was “no breach of the biosecure bubble in any respect,” however the board had develop into additional cautious for PSL.