ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Super League (PSL) seventh edition about to begin amidst a renewed coronavirus outbreak in the country, the PCB has developed a new advisory policy for coronavirus SOPs that will allow each PSL team to hold 20 players, a private news channel reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to sources, the PCB will allow a match to proceed even if up to eight team players test positive out of a squad of 20. The eleventh and twelfth players will provide substitutes for the players who tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The match will be called off if nine members of the squad test positive for COVID-19. However, in the event of an emergency, it has been advised that 20 to 30 players be kept in the hotel’s “secure bubble” by each team.<\/p>\n
If a player tests positive for coronavirus, they will be required to isolate for ten days and a substitute will be taken from the secure bubble.<\/p>\n
On Thursday and Friday, each team will select an additional two players in the supplemental draft.<\/p>\n
According to PCB’s new policy, chartered flights between Karachi and Lahore will fly two teams at a time for the matches.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, sources have confirmed that players from the South African cricket team will be available throughout the PSL tournament.<\/p>\n
Franchises allowed to induct more players<\/p>\n
Earlier PCB had allowed PSL franchises to induct more players into the squad for the tournament’s seventh edition.<\/p>\n
The board had allowed the franchises to move their cap up from 18 to 20 players and said the two new additions should either be from the domestic circuit or a combination of domestic and foreign.<\/p>\n
The decision was taken after the PSL franchises had requested the PCB to increase team players, given the uncertainty due to the current coronavirus situation, sources said.<\/p>\n