Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, will host the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) from February 04-24 next year. After days of suspense, PCB finally decided to go ahead with Qatar after failing to book venues in the UAE during those dates.
While admitting that Qatar, hosts of Football World Cup 2022, is a relatively unknown cricket centre, chairman of the PCB's executive committee Najam Sethi said the board is confident that the Qatar Olympic body and the country's national cricket association will offer their full cooperation and that top facilities would be provided for the League.
"We had the option of delaying the launch of the PSL till April and have it in Dubai or other UAE venues, but the window did not suit us at all due to unavailability of players," Sethi, who is heading the PSL secretariat, told a media conference in Lahore.
PCB had twice postponed the launch of its T20 league because of various reasons, but Sethi said everything was on schedule this time with broadcasters, production companies, event managers and sponsors all lined up.
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