{"id":195149,"date":"2021-06-01T07:10:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T02:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=195149"},"modified":"2021-06-01T07:10:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T02:10:32","slug":"start-of-psl-2021-may-be-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/start-of-psl-2021-may-be-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Start of PSL 2021 may be delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say PCB will announce the dates of PSL today<\/p>\n<p>The start of the Pakistan Super League might be delayed due to visa issues, sources told on Monday.<br \/>\nThe officials, privy to the development, said that the Pakistan Cricket Board will announce the dates of the tournament today (Tuesday).<br \/>\nThe report regarding the delay in the start of the tournament came hours after it was confirmed that Quetta Gladiators\u2019 captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Zeeshan Ashraf, and Zaid Alam were finally given a visa for the United Arab Emirates and could now participate in the PSL 6 matches.<br \/>\nAccording to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), out of 13 people whose visas had been delayed, six have been issued visas for the UAE.<br \/>\nOut of the six people, two belong to Karachi, while the remaining three are from Lahore, the PCB said, adding the visas of the remaining seven people, including cricketers Umer Amin, Asif Afridi, and Muhammad Imran, are still to be issued.<br \/>\nThe PCB further added that the six players will fly to the UAE on the morning of June 1.<br \/>\nThe flight will reach Abu Dhabi via Bahrain, the PCB said, adding that Sarfraz Ahmed will reach the country at about 7:30 pm via a private airline.<br \/>\nAhmed\u2019s departure to Abu Dhabi had been delayed twice due to the unavailability of flights, Geo News had earlier reported.<br \/>\nThe skipper was earlier scheduled to fly to the Gulf nation latest by tonight after the former national team captain was turned away by the immigration officials at Karachi airport over clearance issues a day earlier.<br \/>\nAccording to sources, the former national team skipper was previously travelling on his residence visa which is not valid anymore. 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