Fresh player draft for PSL final to be made on February 22
Following blasts on Monday (February 13) which thus far has claimed 13 lives and left several injured, the chances of Lahore hosting the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final with its aspirations of having overseas players has been jolted badly. However, Najam Sethi, the PSL chairman, seemed adamant about hosting the big match in Pakistan and has now announced the idea of conducting a fresh player draft for the franchises.
"On February 22 we will do a new draft," Najam Sethi told the Pakistani news channel Geo TV on Thursday (February 16). "We will put a formula in front of all the franchises and foreign players to let us know who will play the final in Lahore and who will not come."
Najam Sethi, the Pakistan Super League chairman, has confirmed that the tournament's final this year will be held in Lahore on March 5 as originally scheduled. Following a meeting between the PSL management and the franchise owners on Monday (February 20), during which the owners were briefed about the security arrangements, all five teams agreed to play the match at the Gaddafi Stadium.