LAHORE: Six cricketers, including Sarfraz Ahmed, have been issued visas for travelling to Abu Dhabi, for the remaining HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches.
The development was confirmed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a press release today (Monday). Two cricketers hail from Karachi while four cricketers hail from Lahore among the six players who have been granted visas.
The players hailing from Lahore will first travel to Karachi, where they will join the other two players before departing for the UAE. Cricketers who have been granted the visas include Sarfaraz Ahmed, Zeeshan Ashraf and Zaid Alam.
Seven cricketers in Pakistan have still not been granted visas to travel to the UAE. These include players such as Amir Yamin, Asif Afridi and Mohammad Imran.
Earlier on Sunday, Sarfaraz didn’t get clearance for travelling and had to return back to their hotel from the airport. Later, after consulting the HBL PSL 6 medical panel the PCB had made arrangements to move these personnel to their respective homes.
Sources revealed that Sarfaraz was upset after being left stranded on the airport. He also conveyed his disappointment to the PCB officials over the matter.
Meanwhile, Quetta’s owner Nadeem Omar admitted that this incident showed incompetence of PCB but refrained from staging a major protest inorder to avoid bringing the league into disrepute.
