The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said there are no issues with overseas players traveling for the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL), even as concerns have been raised over the situation in the Gulf region. The tournament is expected to start on March 26 and will feature several foreign players, including those from Australia.The 11th edition of PSL will bring together domestic and international players and the preparations are going on as planned.A PCB source while talking to news agency PTI dismissed reports suggesting Australian cricketers were hesitant to travel to Pakistan due to tensions in the Middle East and along the border with Afghanistan.“All travel arrangements and plans are in place and all Australian players who have signed for PSL 11 will start arriving from next week,” a source was quoted as saying by PTI.Recent reports claimed that the Australian government has advised its players not to travel to Peshawar, where one PSL match is scheduled, citing its location near the Afghanistan border.Several Australian players feature in this year’s PSL, including Steve Smith, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Peter Siddle, Aaron Hardie, Marnus Labuschagne, Ashton Turner, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Philippe, Riley Meredith and Ben McDermott.This season, the PSL will expand to eight teams for the first time. It will also overlap with the Indian Premier League for the second consecutive year, with the IPL starting three days after the start of the PSL.
