PSL 6 postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 concerns

[Indiafan]

Most of the people wanted to see this anyhow after the news of the first case broke out.

Look I respect that, don't get me wrong, but you either cancel all cricket until covid ends, which may mean another 100 years, or 50 yrs or 20 yrs, or 1 Yr, whatever it is. If you are playing, then expect these kind of situations to arise. It is expected. Don't talk **** later, as if oh! How did this happen and all that crap.

No, we don't expect that if something is run professionally. Many international tournament have happened successfully without an issue, including some by PCB themselves

Why should all tournaments be canceled because of incompetence in one? Till now, the cases which happened in cricket were all during traveling before the tournament started. Once it started, cases didn't spread in the bubble at all.

You say its expected, bit shaking hands with celebrities and owners who came from outside bubble is not expected at all. Either put everyone in bubble, including owners, like India did in Dubai or don't allow those outside bubble to interact with those inside the bubble

 

[pakistani pride]

No, we don't expect that if something is run professionally. Many international tournament have happened successfully without an issue, including some by PCB themselves

Why should all tournaments be canceled because of incompetence in one? Till now, the cases which happened in cricket were all during traveling before the tournament started. Once it started, cases didn't spread in the bubble at all.

You say its expected, bit shaking hands with celebrities and owners who came from outside bubble is not expected at all. Either put everyone in bubble, including owners, like India did in Dubai or don't allow those outside bubble to interact with those inside the bubble

Aahh...

You really believe in this bubble hype?
Its impossible and all for the show.
Not to mention the false positives.

 

[King_Kohli]

Sad and Embarrassing to PCB.
I was watching this season right from the beginning.
Culprits should be punished.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Shocking!! Organizing an event like PSL, IPL during covid time is not an easy task due to population and careless attitude of everyone.
Interesting to see how BCCI manages IPL next month. Unfortunate state of PSL should be learning for them to maintain strict protocols.

You can’t compare PCB and BCCI when it comes to organizing events. Look at IPL in UAE last year. It had 0 bio-bubble breach and event was successful. I’m sure if IPL is to take place next month, we won’t see issues like PSL. The real difference between the two boards is that BCCI do not get bullied by franchises. They tell the franchises who the boss is. On the other hand, PCB....

 

[King_Kohli]

You can’t compare PCB and BCCI when it comes to organizing events. Look at IPL in UAE last year. It had 0 bio-bubble breach and event was successful. I’m sure if IPL is to take place next month, we won’t see issues like PSL. The real difference between the two boards is that BCCI do not get bullied by franchises. They tell the franchises who the boss is. On the other hand, PCB....

And BCCI have added one more bio bubble for all players who tested positive.
The infected persons moved to a different hotel from the one the team is housed in, and are being monitored by medical personnel behind closed doors.

They spent 10cr for 2000 test kits.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We — the people, media, security agencies, franchises and players — built PSL brand with sweat, blood and tears. The nation is reeling with despair and outrage at criminal negligence by this PCB Admin that has disrupted the tournament!</p>— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) <a href="https://twitter.com/najamsethi/status/1367439541716611075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[IMMY69]

At times like this you realise which people support Pakistan and Pakistan Cricket and who wants it to genuinely prosper.

Rather then feel genuine regret or even waiting a day before throwing mud. I think these people spend hours every day scouring the web for anything negative about Pakistan. This now must feel like a lottery victory for them.

Shame

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Omg. pakistanis are so bad at dealing with covid. It was so freaking dumb to allow crowds and apparently players were mingling???? Wth

 

[Sohaib]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We — the people, media, security agencies, franchises and players — built PSL brand with sweat, blood and tears. The nation is reeling with despair and outrage at criminal negligence by this PCB Admin that has disrupted the tournament!</p>— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) <a href="https://twitter.com/najamsethi/status/1367439541716611075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wouldn't have been any better if he was still in charge. Just point scoring. And perhaps we'd still be having PTV "khoobsurat camera work" production. Not related to Covid, but I'd rather have Wasim Khan still as CEO than any of previous recent PCB regimes running Cricket.

 

[m.shah]

Was following this season keenly. Such a sad news that it got cancelled.

 

[90MPH]

It was the right decision to postpone it but sad as well because it was a good tournament and the first one I would watch regularly compared to the others I would watch only occasionally.

 

[Firebat]

Was one of the best seasons yet. So disappointed.

 

[Indiafan]

Aahh...

You really believe in this bubble hype?
Its impossible and all for the show.
Not to mention the false positives.

So why didn't SA Pak series get canceled when there was no bubble breach? Why didn't any domestic series get cancel? Why didn't IPL in Dubai have any breach? They had players testing positive after traveling bit did not have a single case after that. Doesn't all of that show bubble works?

It's weirdest thing that when an entire series has been suspended because of covid because of bubble breach, you still make such claims. If it was just for show the series would never have been canceled

You understand how much money and also respect PCB will lose? This chalta hai attitude is extremely bad for any nation.

 

[IMMY69]

This PSL was the best one for me.
Playing on home soil, watching it in HD on Sky with excellent commentators.

There is one thing you can always count on when it comes to Pakistan and that is the supreme ability for people to disregard the rules. Really disappointing

 

[hitthestump]

At times like this you realise which people support Pakistan and Pakistan Cricket and who wants it to genuinely prosper.

Rather then feel genuine regret or even waiting a day before throwing mud. I think these people spend hours every day scouring the web for anything negative about Pakistan. This now must feel like a lottery victory for them.

Shame

This isn't rejoicement, this is anger. That after the amount of trials that Pakistan cricket has gone through over the past decade they only have themselves to blame for this one. It is not possible to be impervious to covid but by now the PCB has plenty of practice and expertise available to them. Yet, the way scenes were displayed on TV with the lack of regard for safety it honestly looked like none of that was taken into consideration. Now Pakistan cricket suffers another shot to it's reputation that it could ill-afford to take.

 

[Thanos]

You can’t compare PCB and BCCI when it comes to organizing events. Look at IPL in UAE last year. It had 0 bio-bubble breach and event was successful. I’m sure if IPL is to take place next month, we won’t see issues like PSL. The real difference between the two boards is that BCCI do not get bullied by franchises. They tell the franchises who the boss is. On the other hand, PCB....

My only concern is last IPL played in UAE at time when people from all over world had very careful attitude towards covid norms. Things have changed a lot. In fact people like me who didn't step out for two months from home, now go to market everyday.

Next IPL could have faced same kind of protocol breach what PSL observed recently. So this PSL postponement may alert BCCI to follow zero tolerance policy in upcoming IPL.

But agree on point that BCCI doesn't get bullied by franchises and tell them who is the Boss.
I wonder how crippled PSL management is when they surrendered to that franchise's threats and allowed Wahab and Sammy.
No way BCCI allows any franchise to bully like this.

 

[Firebat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to television reports, the hotel where the teams were staying during the Pakistan Super League was staging weddings on the premises during the tournament <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL6Postponed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL6Postponed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL6</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1367481321291980803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[hitthestump]

I genuinely worry about the impact of this cancellation.

Great work was done securing TV exposure around the world - what happens now?

We are still in the stages of Pak being a 'safe place to play' - what happens now?

The financial losses that the PCB can ill afford to swallow - what happens now?

 

[RickyG]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

 

[Kroll]

Sometimes, the broadcast would pan onto the crowd, and I used to always think to myself, man these people are all so close to each other, where's the social distancing protocols?

Rather than safety, it seems it was more important to show kids eating doughnuts and other people doing chai dance. All while the covid is still rampant.

Posters have mentioned that people outside the bubble were allowed to mingle? That's just reckless at best and heads need to roll for this sort of abhorrent behaviour.

Hopefully, harsh lessons will be learned but we seem to say this on a regular basis.

 

[RickyG]

You can’t compare PCB and BCCI when it comes to organizing events. Look at IPL in UAE last year. It had 0 bio-bubble breach and event was successful. I’m sure if IPL is to take place next month, we won’t see issues like PSL. The real difference between the two boards is that BCCI do not get bullied by franchises. They tell the franchises who the boss is. On the other hand, PCB....

Well said. It really does come down to the organizers. The reports that are coming out really tell us how negligent PCB were here.

If anything, BCCI will see this as a warning and make sure they implement their rules very strictly. No expenses will be spared to avoid an embarrassment like this.

 

[IMMY69]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

When you list it all like that it looks very very bad from the PCB.

 

[Firebat]

We really are an international embarrassment.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

Franchisees should be punished and severely at that. Otherwise, PCB will look like a laughing stock once again. How could they allow such negligence

 

[world cup captain]

A few months later when teams refuse to tour Pakistan we will cry, victim. What an incredible nation!

 

[SM1989]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

Salman Iqbal says he self isolated before entering the bubble

 

[Thanos]

Sometimes, the broadcast would pan onto the crowd, and I used to always think to myself, man these people are all so close to each other, where's the social distancing protocols?

Rather than safety, it seems it was more important to show kids eating doughnuts and other people doing chai dance. All while the covid is still rampant.

Posters have mentioned that people outside the bubble were allowed to mingle? That's just reckless at best and heads need to roll for this sort of abhorrent behaviour.

Hopefully, harsh lessons will be learned but we seem to say this on a regular basis.

Crowd not maintaining social distance or following covid rules is common in all games. I guess all boards are okay to play with that risk. However there shouldn't be any link between players, officials, commentators with crowd. Sanitizing the ball when touched by crowd is something I've seen in India's game. It is still not safe but seems like boards are okay to move forward with crowd.

But points that RickyG mentioned in above posts shows how PSL management ignored all protocols.

 

[RickyG]

Franchisees should be punished and severely at that. Otherwise, PCB will look like a laughing stock once again. How could they allow such negligence

But the franchises are less to blame than PCB. PCB let them get away with it. Points 4, 5, and 6 had nothing to do with the franchises. What's the point of punishing them in retrospect when you knew what was going on?

I forgot to add to the list that no SoP's were provided to the teams to implement.

 

[RickyG]

Salman Iqbal says he self isolated before entering the bubble

For 5 minutes in the bathroom? Does he even know what self-isolation is?

 

[Firebat]

Sami-ul-Hasan Burney, Spokesperson of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it is totally wrong to blame the Peshawar Zalmi team for postponing the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

This he said while issuing a statement regarding the sixth edition of PSL and its postponement after the emergence of coronavirus cases.

He said that not a single player or official of Peshawar Zalmi team was tested positive which is clear sign of their commitment towards the spirit of the game and following the SOPs to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Regarding the news of breaching the SOPs by Javed Afridi, Wahab Riaz and Darren Sammy, PCB spokesperson said that they apologized for it and later they isolate themselves but fortunately their tests were negative.

He added that the written apology and medical test of the three individuals, technical committee of the event allowed them to participate in the tournament.

 

[CanadianG00se]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

I always knew PCB were incompetent but this is whole new level of incompetency.
#6 is just worthy. Why in the world would PCB reserve a hotel where weddings are taking place.

 

[Minnowbasher]

Could be the most embarrassing day for Pakistan Cricket since 2010 spot fixing scandal. A full enquiry needs to be launched into this and the culprits need to be put to justice. This is poor.

 

[King_Kohli]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leaders themselves need to set a precedent when it comes to following SOP’s. This picture tells me a different story. Can’t see any masks or anyone sitting 6 inches apart, let alone 6 feet. Come on <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> there is more to running a country than just fighting corruption. <a href="https://t.co/GY1LPXJ9Jf">pic.twitter.com/GY1LPXJ9Jf</a></p>— AmerCric (@Amermalik12) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amermalik12/status/1367494679403577349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[The_KING]

Covid is here to stay despite the vaccine. It will be many years before this virus disappears. It means that teams and players will have to do this bio bubble thing for a few more years. Clearly PCB have shown they are incompetence when it comes to providing a safe bio bubble. So if I am a foreign player, I won’t be coming to Pakistan any time soon. Let Pakistan play in UAE again. That’s what they deserve.

 

[Savak]

The BCCI apparently outsourced the implementation of the bio secure bubble during the IPL to a company. Maybe PCB should have done this to ensure impartiality during the PSL and other tournaments going forward

 

[Markhor]

This PSL was the best one for me.
Playing on home soil, watching it in HD on Sky with excellent commentators.

There is one thing you can always count on when it comes to Pakistan and that is the supreme ability for people to disregard the rules. Really disappointing

I'm not a PSL fan and not sad to see it end but you mentioned Sky - they cannot be too impressed with these shenanigans !

Hope this doesn't endanger our television deals.

 

[ex-q-zit]

It so ridiculous to allow so many celebs in close contact with the players. I remember in one of the matches zainab was interviewing Mahira Khn and 3 other youngsters as part of promotion of their new web series and on of the guys said he even hugged and gave high fives to some of the players. Which is a blantant violation of the SOPs. Peshawar Zalmi in fact arranged ad shoots in their hotel which obviously had people outside the bubble mingling with players.

Secondly many local players were freely meeting their family members and the hotel was not tightly secured with wedding parties arranged there.

No wonder cases mushroomed over time. No professionalism from PCB, players and team owners.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

So let me get this straight:

1. Peshawar's owner, captain and coach breached the bubble. Then threatened to pull out when being told to quarantine for three days. PCB gave in.

2. Lahore knowingly fielded a covid positive Haris Rauf partially in retaliation and partially because PCB was looking the other way.

3. Salman Iqbal the Karachi owner regularly breached the bubbled himself because he could and did it shamelessly.

4. Commentators and organizers mingled with people outside the bubble and then mingled with the players.

5. The hotel staff that were serving the players were not a part of the bubble at all.

6. The hotel was hosting weddings and other guests while acting as a bio-secure bubble for the team.

Now Wasim Khan says he does not know how the bubble was breached. You can't make this up. This is absolute comedy. It really is amateur hour.

I don't know what are the basis of this info but, I am not sure why the drastic step of postponing the league altogether?
Why everyone is so triggered?

Who cares about covid's precautionary measures in Pakistan? Hardly anyone!
Life is back to normal in Pakistan. Parties, mass gatherings, wedding, jalsa jaloos, you name it and it's happening just as normal.

May be it's the herd immunity? May be people don't report it? May be people don't get tested? May be the crux is through? Whatever it is, the panic seems to be over.

Hospitals are not overloaded with covid patients anymore.

The fatality rate has surely gone significantly down. People aren't getting severely sick anymore either, as we are looking into the eye of this pandemic's end.

Whoever tested positive should've been monitored and be let to play. If they would've gotten severely sick then send them to a hospital.


Knowing our third world psyche, there wasn't any need for creating this bio bubble drama because the only way you can make everyone follow it is to chain them after the game till the next game starts. And Wasim Khan cannot do that.

 

[Savak]

Hotels are not going to shut down and only allow cricket players, Commentators, officials to stay and to keep other guests away for 1-2 months. The PCB should have put everyone in a guest house and converted to a bio secure bubble

 

[adil79]

I don't know what are the basis of this info but, I am not sure why the drastic step of postponing the league altogether?
Why everyone is so triggered?

Who cares about covid's precautionary measures in Pakistan? Hardly anyone!
Life is back to normal in Pakistan. Parties, mass gatherings, wedding, jalsa jaloos, you name it and it's happening just as normal.

May be it's the herd immunity? May be people don't report it? May be people don't get tested? May be the crux is through? Whatever it is, the panic seems to be over.

Hospitals are not overloaded with covid patients anymore.

The fatality rate has surely gone significantly down. People aren't getting severely sick anymore either, as we are looking into the eye of this pandemic's end.

Whoever tested positive should've been monitored and be let to play. If they would've gotten severely sick then send them to a hospital.


Knowing our third world psyche, there wasn't any need for creating this bio bubble drama because the only way you can make everyone follow it is to chain them after the game till the next game starts. And Wasim Khan cannot do that.

Yeah do that yourself but dont shove such down to the foreigners' throat. If they care about their lives, we should respect their decision and commit them with assurance instead of charading them with the biolol bubble which is only good for optics. The science needs to be respected. Most of the Pakistanis are crazy. They dont care about their lives or anyone's as they leave everything on God. Pandemic isnt a joke. The foreigners have families who depend upon them.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Feels pretty amateurish with all the stories coming out, assuming they're true.

But what stands out to me in all this is the assumption of privilege in society that leads so called elites to casually flout rules. I mean, it's not even carelessness in most cases, it's the assumption that rules cannot apply to them.

PCB can make up any number of rules I feel, and you'll still find plenty folk who will feel outrage if you apply those rules to them.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I fully back the PSL and IA it will come back stronger than ever. <br>And please remember corona is still around, please take care and follow all SOPs for your and your loved ones health. <a href="https://t.co/mITCNn5ZWQ">https://t.co/mITCNn5ZWQ</a></p>— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1367506612232028166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[adil79]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leaders themselves need to set a precedent when it comes to following SOP’s. This picture tells me a different story. Can’t see any masks or anyone sitting 6 inches apart, let alone 6 feet. Come on <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> there is more to running a country than just fighting corruption. <a href="https://t.co/GY1LPXJ9Jf">pic.twitter.com/GY1LPXJ9Jf</a></p>— AmerCric (@Amermalik12) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amermalik12/status/1367494679403577349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thank you. I have been saying the same thing. This kind of picture sends a wrong message to people. On one hand there is a NCOC meetings, foreign aid and delay of foreign loan payments due to COVID while on ground, there are no SOPs. There is a difference between action and words. And then it come off as a surprise biolol bubble was not lol proof. The whole system is a joke. And lack of ignorance from people just makes it even worse. Look how many punks here are debating as if COVID isnt a big deal. Pathetic

 

[Rana]

A few months later when teams refuse to tour Pakistan we will cry, victim. What an incredible nation!

Blowing it out of proportion now. Players from England, NZ and Australia should be vaccinated by then.

 

[Rana]

Javed Afridi must have brought everyone he follows on Instagram to the PZ Bubble.

What business did that Pawri girl have at the PSL?

 

[aloo paratha]

What's humiliating about this? Covid is a pandemic, many sports leagues around the world have been affected by it.

 

[Mamoon]

Javed Afridi must have brought everyone he follows on Instagram to the PZ Bubble.

What business did that Pawri girl have at the PSL?

Why do you have a problem with her? She is a brand ambassador. No need of singling her out.

It was PCB’s job to ensure that the brand ambassadors do not mix up with the players because they aren’t part of the bubble.

If the franchises are going to take these decisions at their own behest then PCB should be disbanded altogether.

It is PCB’s fault. Not the franchises and not the “pawri girl” who is giving everyone stomach ache for some reason.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Yeah do that yourself but dont shove such down to the foreigners' throat. If they care about their lives, we should respect their decision and commit them with assurance instead of charading them with the biolol bubble which is only good for optics. The science needs to be respected. Most of the Pakistanis are crazy. They dont care about their lives or anyone's as they leave everything on God. Pandemic isnt a joke. The foreigners have families who depend upon them.

Exactly.
Who is "WE"?

That third world psyche where "we" should be put in chains in order to make it work.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I fully back the PSL and IA it will come back stronger than ever. <br>And please remember corona is still around, please take care and follow all SOPs for your and your loved ones health. <a href="https://t.co/mITCNn5ZWQ">https://t.co/mITCNn5ZWQ</a></p>— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1367506612232028166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Shahid Afridi
@SAfridiOfficial
Despite a challenging situation, I feel the PSL could have been completed even with only local/young players involved. PSL is all about nurturing new talent. The tournament was very entertaining and provided quality cricket to fans around the world. 1/2

That's exactly what I am saying.
The tournament should have been continued.

 

[Rana]

Why do you have a problem with her? She is a brand ambassador. No need of singling her out.

It was PCB’s job to ensure that the brand ambassadors do not mix up with the players because they aren’t part of the bubble.

If the franchises are going to take these decisions at their own behest then PCB should be disbanded altogether.

It is PCB’s fault. Not the franchises and not the “pawri girl” who is giving everyone stomach ache for some reason.

She is a symbol of Pakistani irrelevance that is magnified on a global platform. Why do you care? Is this part of the ‘let’s protect our elite’ mentality that is destroying this nation as well?

 

[adil79]

Exactly.
Who is "WE"?

That third world psyche where "we" should be put in chains in order to make it work.

No one is chaining anyone. Right to freedom doesnt mean we compromise others safety. If foreigners take pandemic seriously, based on science and what not, this should be respected seriously and not just with charade and artificial biolol bubble.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Wait a min..Pawri girl is a brand ambassador of a PSL team?!! FML

 

[Swordfish234]

Javed Afridi must have brought everyone he follows on Instagram to the PZ Bubble.

What business did that Pawri girl have at the PSL?

No one in Peshawar Zalmi team or franchise staff is infected. Many franchises have breached protocols and should all be held equally accountable. Don’t use this crisis as an opportunity to express personal hatred towards someone

 

[BaankeJi]

So PCB didn't learn anything from the Kiwi tour where they were given stern warning? They just thought it is a Kiwi process and if they are in Pakistan, covid will be harmless?

 

[Rana]

No one in Peshawar Zalmi team or franchise staff is infected. Many franchises have breached protocols and should all be held equally accountable. Don’t use this crisis as an opportunity to express personal hatred towards someone

I have no hatred for him. I like Afridi and Fawad Rana as endorsers of PSL. But it does not mean that he didn’t break the rules. Also, not being infected upon a Test isn’t clear proof that the man and his showgirls/Tamashai were not false negatives either.

What business did Dananeer Mobeen have at the PSL after becoming viral a week before? Did she quarantine on arrival into their bubble?!??

 

[RickyG]

I don't know what are the basis of this info but, I am not sure why the drastic step of postponing the league altogether?
Why everyone is so triggered?

Who cares about covid's precautionary measures in Pakistan? Hardly anyone!
Life is back to normal in Pakistan. Parties, mass gatherings, wedding, jalsa jaloos, you name it and it's happening just as normal.

May be it's the herd immunity? May be people don't report it? May be people don't get tested? May be the crux is through? Whatever it is, the panic seems to be over.

Hospitals are not overloaded with covid patients anymore.

The fatality rate has surely gone significantly down. People aren't getting severely sick anymore either, as we are looking into the eye of this pandemic's end.

Whoever tested positive should've been monitored and be let to play. If they would've gotten severely sick then send them to a hospital.


Knowing our third world psyche, there wasn't any need for creating this bio bubble drama because the only way you can make everyone follow it is to chain them after the game till the next game starts. And Wasim Khan cannot do that.

Sure if these were the terms before you got all these players to play you can do that. But you can't change the terms midway through the tournament. A lot of the foreign and maybe even some local players would've turned the tournament down if those were the terms.

The players are getting paid to play cricket not to get sick/covid.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

No one is chaining anyone. Right to freedom doesnt mean we compromise others safety. If foreigners take pandemic seriously, based on science and what not, this should be respected seriously and not just with charade and artificial biolol bubble.

Again, you are beating around the bush with "Theories and philosophies".

Wake up and smell the coffee if you want to be pragmatic and face the ground realities.

"should be", "would be" "respected" "Seriously"

These are all laughable terms in our society for the self entitled ones at every level. We take pride in disobeying the laws and breaking the rules. It makes us feel better and provides satisfaction to that self imposed superiority complex.

You are dealing with a different animal here.
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[sam_ahm]

No, we don't expect that if something is run professionally. Many international tournament have happened successfully without an issue, including some by PCB themselves

Why should all tournaments be canceled because of incompetence in one? Till now, the cases which happened in cricket were all during traveling before the tournament started. Once it started, cases didn't spread in the bubble at all.

You say its expected, bit shaking hands with celebrities and owners who came from outside bubble is not expected at all. Either put everyone in bubble, including owners, like India did in Dubai or don't allow those outside bubble to interact with those inside the bubble

Mate I do understand the seriousness of this disease, I have lost a dear friend to covid last yr. I don't think covid will ever go away, eventually people will come to an understanding that we have to live with it, hopefully the treatment and vaccines will improve.

My point is that this lockdown, bio secure bubble, social distancing, masks etc.. Only work to a limit, there are bound to be lapses, its human tendency to take things easy after a period of time, and when I say time, it is not limited to one series, players are continously in a bubble series after series.

So if you really care about stopping covid then don't play cricket at all, at least for now, but if you are playing then expect such instances.. It can happen, organizers need to plan properly what they will do in such circumstances ... Saying that it has come as a surprise and was not expected is a joke.

 

[Kaka4pope]

Hotels are not going to shut down and only allow cricket players, Commentators, officials to stay and to keep other guests away for 1-2 months. The PCB should have put everyone in a guest house and converted to a bio secure bubble

Agree, Bahria town/Safari Villas/DHA could have been used for this purpose.

 

[Nov15]

Why couldn’t PCB book the entire hotels and prohibit them from holding wedding ceremonies?

 

[Kaka4pope]

Just to say Hamaray Heroes initiative I thought was great

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Sure if these were the terms before you got all these players to play you can do that. But you can't change the terms midway through the tournament. A lot of the foreign and maybe even some local players would've turned the tournament down if those were the terms.

The players are getting paid to play cricket not to get sick/covid.

Yeah I know it's not easy.
However, they should have tried to talk to all players and all leagues to see who is still onboard if the infected players would be sent home?
I have a feeling that many would still play.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Words can't describe how I'm feeling right now. This PSL was going fine and dandy until the rug is pulled from underneath. Fair to say the blame will be shared by all.

 

[Saj]

This was always going to happen.

Stupid to think that the disease wouldn't find it's way into PSL6 when all sorts of breaches were happening.

Everything was in front of the PCB and sadly people were turning a blind eye to it.

 

[SM1989]

Why couldn’t PCB book the entire hotels and prohibit them from holding wedding ceremonies?

Would have cost them a fortune to book out the hotel completely for 5 weeks

 

[Saj]

Why couldn’t PCB book the entire hotels and prohibit them from holding wedding ceremonies?

It's like not chartering a plane to NZ.
It's like letting fans and journalists into the team hotel.
It's like letting all sorts of other people to be close to the players during match days and not on match days.

Simple stuff when you think about it.

 

[Mamoon]

She is a symbol of Pakistani irrelevance that is magnified on a global platform. Why do you care? Is this part of the ‘let’s protect our elite’ mentality that is destroying this nation as well?

What irrelevance? She has worked hard to establish herself as an Instagram influencer for years and finally got a big break because of a meme that went viral. What is wrong with it?

Social media is an immensely powerful tool and she used to her advantage. More power to her and may her “pawry” continue.

 

[Saj]

Javed Afridi must have brought everyone he follows on Instagram to the PZ Bubble.

What business did that Pawri girl have at the PSL?

Indeed, bring them, spread the virus.

The more the merrier.

 

[Mamoon]

Wait a min..Pawri girl is a brand ambassador of a PSL team?!! FML

She has 1.2m followers on Instagram, more than the vast majority of Pakistani players. The whole point of brand ambassadors is to get people with mass fan following in order to generate publicity.

 

[shariqnoor]

Teams will be reluctant to tour Pakistan now, not because of security issues or even covid itself, but because of the lack of trust now on PCB to conduct a safe tour. COVID isn't prevalent just in Pakistan. It's everywhere. But countries like Australia, England, India have so far shown their ability to conduct series incident free.

Even PCB conducted domestic tournaments, Zimbabwe and SA series incident free but it really takes one incident to blow everything up. If Australia can cancel their tour of SA, them cancelling their Pakistan tour shouldn't be much of a difficult decision.

PCB's reputation has gone down the drain. Unfortunate. Hopefully they can mitigate the repercussions of this.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Hotels are not going to shut down and only allow cricket players, Commentators, officials to stay and to keep other guests away for 1-2 months. The PCB should have put everyone in a guest house and converted to a bio secure bubble

You pay the hotel to keep only PSL related people. Financial compensation is the crux.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Would have cost them a fortune to book out the hotel completely for 5 weeks

Each IPL team booked a separate hotel in Dubai and they booked the entire hotel.

 

[Rana]

What irrelevance? She has worked hard to establish herself as an Instagram influencer for years and finally got a big break because of a meme that went viral. What is wrong with it?

Social media is an immensely powerful tool and she used to her advantage. More power to her and may her “pawry” continue.

Are we seriously having this conversation? Am I arguing with Kim Kardashian’s agent here on a cricket forum?

How do you work hard for years to become a social media influencer??? She botched a video that went viral for the wrong reasons only to then improvise by editing the title as if she purposely meant to say ‘Pawri ho rahi hai’, in order to mimic the upper class youth of Pakistan. What else does she offer to the world now that we are having this ridiculous debate?

 

[ads101]

It's absolutely terrible for Pakistan. People were more afraid of covid than terror attacks right now. We already paid the price for negligence in providing proper security for that sri Lanka team a decade ago. And now yet again we've shown a lack of proper conduct and regulations to handle covid. Just seems like complete carelessness. We had a golden chance to put things right and we failed.

I'd sack the PCB chairman right now. He's failed. Did not Keep franchises in line and wrongly gave into them and the did not properly isolate teams/players through the hotels. PCB has once more ruined the reputation of Pakistan cricket. After the issues they had with the New Zealand tour over covid, I thought that would be warning enough to take things seriously, but they haven't.

 

[Energy]

Apart from this being sad and all that, this fiasco brings the stupidity of the nation to the forefront.

 

[Titan24]

As per ARY, PCB is looking at May as the potential window to hold the remaining matches.

 

[SM1989]

Each IPL team booked a separate hotel in Dubai and they booked the entire hotel.

THey make more money than PSL Franchises and PCB

 

[Saj]

Perhaps some complacency from PCB after the South Africa series at home and the domestic season.

This virus has no room for complacency and all protocols should have been agreed and followed by everyone.

But our people will not listen and think they are invincible.

 

[JaDed]

Fans need to stop being so self centered, a lot of livelihoods will get affected due to this decision, something many of the overseas citizens always fail to understand .

People can call these league names but in SC it provides a lot of economic benefit for people who cannot go pro and otherwise.

Unfortunate ,hopefully can occur soon.

 

[guna]

PCB should find out which teams players breached the Covid rules and fine the team heavily.