{"id":73762,"date":"2025-05-09T20:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=73762"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:42:14","slug":"pcb-postpones-further-matches-of-psl-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-postpones-further-matches-of-psl-x\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB postpones further matches of PSL X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-shifted-remaining-matches-of-psl-to-uae\/\">Pakistan Cricket Board<\/a> (PCB) has postponed the remaining eight matches of the 10th edition of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL). The decision <span class=\"diff-highlight\">comes<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">light<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">recent<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">increase<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> tensions between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the PCB announced that the remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/psl-matches-to-continue-as-per-schedule-pcb\/\">PSL matches<\/a> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">would<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">take<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">place<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> due to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">concerns<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">regarding<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">war<\/span> between India and Pakistan <span class=\"diff-highlight\">escalating<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">even<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">today<\/span> suspended the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/ipl-match-halted-midway-amid-india-pakistan-tensions\/\">Indian Premier League<\/a> (IPL) for one week. A BCCI official told <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> Press Trust of India that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span>it does not look nice that cricket goes on while the country is at war.<span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">In<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">statement<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">PCB<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">spokesperson<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">stated<\/span> that the decision to postpone has been taken according to advice received from the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif who has kept in view the reckless aggression from India <span class=\"diff-highlight\">which<\/span> has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reached<\/span> a point where<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rightly<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> national attention and sentiments are focused on the courageous efforts of the Armed Forces of Pakistan who are <span class=\"diff-highlight\">bravely<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fighting<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">against the Indian forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span>The PCB and its players stand <span class=\"diff-highlight\">united<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">firmly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">behind<\/span> the families of the martyrs and our security personnel <span class=\"diff-highlight\">who<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">protecting<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">our<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">motherland<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span> It <span class=\"diff-highlight\">went<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">say<\/span> that the board <span class=\"diff-highlight\">appreciates<\/span> the efforts and support of partners, franchises, participating players, broadcasters, sponsors, and organizers <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">have<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">thus<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">far<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">delivered<\/span> the tournament <span class=\"diff-highlight\">without<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">disruption<\/span>, however; cricket<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> while being a source of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">unity<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">positivity<\/span>, must take a respectful pause when <span class=\"diff-highlight\">our<\/span> country is <span class=\"diff-highlight\">dealing<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> such <span class=\"diff-highlight\">brazen<\/span> opposition.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span>We, at the PCB, also <span class=\"diff-highlight\">genuinely<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">care<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">about<\/span> the mental <span class=\"diff-highlight\">health<\/span> of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">our<\/span> participating players and the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">feelings<\/span> of our foreign players, and we respect <span class=\"diff-highlight\">why<\/span> their families <span class=\"diff-highlight\">would<\/span> want to see them home.<span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has postponed the remaining eight matches of the 10th edition of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL). The decision comes in light of the recent increase in tensions between India and Pakistan. Yesterday, the PCB announced that the remaining PSL matches would take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":52106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[364,28581],"class_list":["post-73762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pcb","tag-psl-x-matches-postponed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73764,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73762\/revisions\/73764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}