Australian and other international crickets in Pakistan had a narrow avoiding missile strike, while they fled from Charter flight to Dubai. The crickets who were evacuated after the postponement of the Pakistani Super League left Rawalpindi’s base Nur Khan just before the Indian forces focused on the military base.
If the news based on the Australian media is to be believed, then Sean Abbott, Ben DwarShuis, Ashton Turner and Mitch Owen were almost captured by a potentially devastating incident. On Saturday morning on May 10, just hours after foreign players left for their charter flight, India launched missile strikes aimed at three Pakistani air bases, including the NUR Khan – Air Base, from which players, officials and broadcasters flew to UAE about three hours earlier.
The strike on the Nur Khan, located near the Pakistani Military Directorate and about 10 kilometers from Islamabad, has caused several explosions and fires according to local media. Witnesses described smoke and flames with panic spread in the surrounding areas.
The Pakistani cricket council (PCB) announced the postponement of the remaining eight matches of the Pakistani Super League on Friday, after promising to play the rest of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
The announcement came in the middle of the growing tension on the border of India-Pakistan, where India thwarted Pakistani drones and missile attacks on 8 and 9 May. In its issue, PCB said they had to close the event in the middle of the “deteriorating conditions in the LOC (control line)”.
The escalation of events between the two countries came after Pakistan decided to jump heavy artillery in the Kashmir region after Indian accurate strikes of terrorist facilities. India was forced to intervene nine places in Pakistan and Pakistan-cumed cashmere after terrorists killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam last month.
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
May 11, 2025
