Shahid Afridi criticises PCB on postponing PSL 6

The sixth season of the Pakistan Super League was halted due to the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Shahid Afridi, former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, has taken a jibe at the Pakistan Cricket Board and said that stopping the PSL in the middle proves that the PCB doesn't have another plan ready.

Speaking to the reporters at a function in Lahore on Wednesday, Afridi said that PSL 6 should not have been postponed.

“The PSL is a very big brand of Pakistan and Pakistan cricket and it is unfortunate that the PCB didn’t appear to have a plan B for this important event,” he said.

“But it appears they didn’t have a plan B when the COVID-19 cases were detected among some players and officials and this is surprising to me. The postponement didn’t send out a good message,” he said.

Nadeem Omar, the owner of the Quetta Gladiators franchise, also held the PCB responsible for failing to maintain the bio-bubble created for the event in Karachi. “I think the PCB is 90 per cent responsible for the faults in the bio-secure bubble created for the tournament which eventually led to the postponement of the PSL,” he said.

This is not the first time that the PCB is under criticism due to the postponement of the Pakistan Super League.