{"id":74188,"date":"2025-05-13T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74188"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:27:23","slug":"pcb-announces-new-dates-for-remaining-matches-of-psl-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-announces-new-dates-for-remaining-matches-of-psl-x\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB chief announces new dates for remaining matches of PSL X"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: After several<\/span> days of uncertainty, the Pakistan Super League<\/a> (PSL) is finally<\/span> back on course<\/span>. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, has announced<\/span> that PSL X will start<\/span> again<\/span> on May 17, closing<\/span> all<\/span> the speculation<\/span> around<\/span> this milestone<\/span> tenth edition.<\/p>\n

PSL X‘<\/span>s<\/span> schedule<\/span> had been<\/span> paused<\/span> in<\/span> 2023<\/span> when<\/span> critical staging<\/span> of<\/span> matches<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> completed<\/span> before\u00a0the<\/span> league<\/span> suspension<\/span>,<\/span> but<\/span> in<\/span> reality<\/span>, up<\/span> until<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span>,<\/span> the status<\/span> of<\/span> PSL<\/span> X<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> heavily<\/span> encumbered<\/span> by<\/span> increasing<\/span> military<\/span> tensions<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region<\/span>, especially<\/span> the India-Pakistan\u00a0matter<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> left<\/span> PCB<\/a> with<\/span> no choice but to cease<\/span> operations with<\/span> the<\/span> prospect<\/span> of ever<\/span> resuming<\/span> play<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> significantly<\/span> high<\/span>–<\/span>risk<\/span> situation<\/span>.<\/span> PSL<\/span> X<\/span> will resume play<\/span> with<\/span> increased<\/span> security protocols, and<\/span> this will also affect\u00a0how<\/span> the<\/span> matches<\/span> will<\/span> be staged<\/span> also<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> attendance policies,<\/span> because<\/span> of<\/span> the evolving state<\/span> of<\/span> our<\/span> reality<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Venues are being re-evaluated based<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> logistical feasibility of<\/span> staging<\/span> a<\/span> match<\/span>, with Karachi and Rawalpindi remaining the<\/span> top<\/span> contenders<\/span> to<\/span> host<\/span> the final leg.<\/p>\n

Even<\/span> as<\/span> updates<\/span> to<\/span> the official<\/span> revised schedule are<\/span> determined<\/span>, the PCB Chairman<\/span> has announced<\/span> that the final will be<\/span> played<\/span> on May 25. Of<\/span> the<\/span> eight<\/span> PSL<\/span> teams<\/span>,<\/span> there<\/span> are only<\/span> four<\/span> group<\/span> stage<\/span> matches<\/span> remaining<\/span> and<\/span> four playoff fixtures.<\/p>\n

Currently<\/span>,<\/span> only<\/span> the Quetta<\/span> Gladiators<\/span> have<\/span> qualified<\/span> for<\/span> post<\/span>–<\/span>season<\/span> play<\/span>, while<\/span> Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, and Peshawar Zalmi are competing<\/span> for the remaining three playoff<\/span> spots<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The PCB is also chasing<\/span> action<\/span> to reconfirm the availability<\/span> of<\/span> international<\/span> players<\/span>;<\/span> many<\/span> overseas<\/span> cricketers have<\/span> expressed<\/span> willingness to return for the business end of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Resumption<\/span> of<\/span> PSL X is<\/span> not<\/span> merely<\/span> about cricket;<\/span> it is<\/span> a glimmer<\/span> of hope<\/span> in<\/span> Pakistan‘<\/span>s sporting ecosystem. The return of<\/span> the<\/span> league<\/span> under these circumstances sends a message to fans, players, and the global cricket community<\/span> that Pakistan will<\/span> adapt<\/span> and<\/span> pursue<\/span> its cricketing goals<\/span>,<\/span> even<\/span> in<\/span> the face<\/span> of<\/span> adversity<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> modified<\/span> schedule will place pressure<\/span> on teams and players alike, but<\/span> fans can expect high-stakes, fast<\/span>–paced<\/span> cricket\u00a0as PSL X transitions<\/span> to<\/span> what could<\/span> be an<\/span> electrifying<\/span> finale on May 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: After several days of uncertainty, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is finally back on course. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, has announced that PSL X will start again on May 17, closing all the speculation around this milestone tenth edition. PSL X‘s schedule had been paused in 2023 when critical staging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":74205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28666,364,28671,26836],"class_list":["post-74188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-new-dates-for-psl","tag-pcb","tag-pcb-psl-x","tag-psl-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74188","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=74188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74207,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74188\/revisions\/74207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}