PSL: Babar Azam and Shahid Afridi narrowly survived the bomb blast, terrorist attack near Quetta Stadium! – psl explosion near quetta pakistan babar azam shahid afridi safe pakistan super league

Quetta: An exhibition match of the Pakistan Super League was rocked by a horrific bomb blast from the stadium. Due to this blast, many of Pakistan’s top players taking part in the match were kept in the dressing room as a precaution. Players like Babar Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi and Naseem Shah took part in this exhibition match. This exhibition match of PSL took place between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi.

Although the news of the casualties of any cricketer in this bomb blast has not been revealed, but it is being told that five common citizens have been injured in this blast. According to the report, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack. The TTP issued a statement saying that the statement said the blast was targeted at security officials.

Match stopped after blast

The match being played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi was stopped after the bomb blast. The players were taken to the dressing room keeping in view the security. However, after the atmosphere calmed down, the game was resumed. At the same time, thousands of spectators came to the stadium to watch this exhibition match of PSL. In such a situation, the explosion could have caused a lot of damage.

After the attack, the local police officer of Quetta said, ‘As soon as the sound of the explosion was heard, the match was immediately stopped as a precaution and the players were taken to the dressing room for a while. However, after the danger was averted, the match was re-done.

Big tournaments are not happening in Pakistan due to security reasons

Please tell that no major multi national tournament has been organized in Pakistan for the last two decades. The biggest reason behind this has been security. Although some big teams like Australia, England and New Zealand have definitely come to play Pakistan bilateral series, but the hosting of the Asia Cup to be held this year seems to be snatched from Pakistan, one of the main reasons being security.

Not only the Asia Cup, Pakistan got to host the ICC Champions Trophy this year, but that too is under cloud. Because there have been bomb blasts at different places in the country, due to which holding the Multi Nation tournament here can be very risky.