Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators start time: Why has Islamabad vs Quetta PSL 2021 match postponed?

Dixit Bhargav | 01/03/2021
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators start time: Why has Islamabad vs Quetta PSL 2021 match postponed?

Islamabad vs Quetta: The only Pakistan Super League match for tonight has been postponed less than an hour before its original scheduled time.

The 12th match of the ongoing sixth season of the Pakistan Super League between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators in Karachi has been postponed by a couple of hours.

Originally scheduled to begin at 07:00 PM (PKT), the match will now start at 09:00 PM (PKT). As far as the start time in India is concerned, it will begin at 09:30 PM (IST). The development was made public less than an hour before the original start time.

United, who have won two out of their three matches so far, are currently at the fourth position on the points table. Gladiators, on the other hand, are placed at the bottom on the back of three consecutive losses this season.

Why has Islamabad vs Quetta PSL 2021 match postponed?

It is worth mentioning that the match has been postponed after Islamabad spinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive for COVID-19. After the 39-year old player had showed symptoms a couple of days ago, all other United players were tested for COVID-19. In a huge relief, everyone else has been tested negative and cleared to play this match.

Ahmed himself took to social media platform Twitter to thank his fans for their kind messages regarding his health. Ahmed, whose solitary outing this season had come against Peshwar Zalmi last week, had picked bowling figures of 4-0-40-1.

Islamabad vs Quetta PSL 2021 match postponed to tomorrow*

In a bid to put health of all stakeholders over everything else, PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) have decided to postponed the match by a day. With tomorrow originally being a rest day in PSL 2021, the same won’t be the case as United and Gladiators will lock horns against each other at the National Stadium.

The match will begin at the normal start time of 07:00 PM (local). As far as the tickets for entry into the stadium are concerned, the same tickets will be valid tomorrow as well.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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