"Just 25 days of sacrifice out of 365 days in the year were needed for the PSL" : Ramiz Raja

[MenInG]

Ramiz Raja on his YouTube:

“There is anger, frustration, and disappointment amongst all - it's like as if you have been deceived"

"Just 25 days of sacrifice out of 365 days in the year were needed for the PSL but we could not handle it"

"It’s a collective massive failure. PCB’s reputation got affected and stakeholders are faced with a big loss "

“The world is no longer worried about security issues in Pakistan but they were watching how we would organize such a massive event amid Covid-19, the protocols in place, and if there would be any breaches"

"So the current situation is a massive blow to us because Australia will now be wondering what they should as they are looking to come to Pakistan to playing a three Test match series"

"The same applies to England who will be worried about coming to tour to Pakistan"

“We saw a lot of youngsters, especially pace bowlers like Shahnawaz Dhani in this year’s PSL who will now be wondering why they cannot showcase their skills due to no fault of their own and also as they did not breach protocols or break any rules"

“Careers of players can be ruined as many of the players were looking to make a comeback through PSL - all that progress has been halted due to sheer stupidity"

"PSL is not some local neighorhood brand, it is known the world over and it is watched all around the world. Due to callous behaviour of 2 or 3 people, the whole tournament's image has been tarnished"

[zacattakk]

Who are these 2 or 3 people that he is referring to?

[marlonbrowndo]

The blame lies with individuals as well as the entire administration. If the rules were properly enforced and yet some individuals managed to break them then the responsibility would be almost entirely on those people. But we know now that the rules were not properly enforced.

[Shahzad1985]

Who is the 2/3 people his referring too?

[Markhor]

Apparently PCB head of medical Dr Sohail Saleem has offered his resignation.

[BigShak]

Apparently PCB head of medical Dr Sohail Saleem has offered his resignation.

Could this be yet another blessing for Pakistan cricket?
The shoddy PCB medical panel had been one area that had survived restructuring under Wasim. Hopefully Dr Saleem resigns and we can sort out the medical panel once and for all with proper professionals.

[Thanos]

Exactly this. The windows of PSL is only 25 days compared to other long duration tournaments. Only if everyone involved had followed guidelines properly this could have been a memorable event in tough times.
And yes, isolation period should have been 10 days atleast to avoid any player coming into bubble with virus. 3 days is not enough time to find out.

[Saj]

I think some of Ramiz's colleagues should be taking a look, hard look at themselves and their 'efforts' in adhering to the protocols during PSL6.

[Prince of Pakistan]

Disappointing indeed.

is there something in the country we are able to do without the help of the security forces or without hiring foreign organizations?

Just needed to act stricter and get some discipline in these people. But as usual our institutions are not capable of even doing the slightest without any external assistance.

[Justcrazy]

The medical team should be sacked immediately.

[GenericBrand]

Not surprising this happened considering how some people on this forum doesn't take the virus seriously which is a reflection of how the general public would perceive it. These are the same people who are in charge of managing, implementing and enforcing these protocols.

And going by the other thread where covid positive tests were allegedly being hidden, would be extremely damning. This is why we can't have nice things.