PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi confirms spectators for PSL 2026 final in Lahore

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) president Mohsin Naqvi has confirmed that fans volition beryllium allowed to be the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 final.Naqvi, who besides serves arsenic the country’s interior minister, stated connected societal media that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has “graciously approved” spectator attendance for the May 3 final, which volition beryllium held successful Lahore.The 2026 PSL play had earlier been played down closed doors aft authorities urged restrictions connected nationalist question owed to soaring substance prices linked to the Middle East conflict.

Amid the situation, Pakistan’s authorities had advised citizens to bounds question and enactment from location arsenic portion of wider efforts to negociate substance consumption.Naqvi said that portion Sharif was inclined to let fans into the stadium, the premier curate besides stressed that austerity measures stay successful spot crossed the state to trim substance usage.On the cricketing front, Peshawar Zalmi, led by Babar Azam, Multan Sultans, and three-time champions Islamabad United person already secured their places successful the playoffs up of adjacent week’s knockout stage.Defending champions Lahore Qalandars, newcomers Hyderabad Kingmen, and Karachi Kings are inactive battling for the 4th and last playoff spot.