Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has annulled the conditional NOCs of its players to feature in the upcoming T10 League in UAE.

Also known as the Abu Dhabi league is ready for its third edition commencing from November 15.

Many Pakistan players were selected in the drafts including the likes of Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim. The news is a significant blow to the newly added team Qalandars, whose majority of the players are Pakistani.

PCB believes that the decision is taken considering the players’ fitness and managing the workload.

“To manage the players’ workload, continued work on their fitness levels as well as to ensure primacy and participation of its players in its premier Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the PCB has revoked conditional NOCs of its players to feature in the T10 tournament,” board announced in a press release.

The announced dates of the tournament will also clash with several domestic events planned by the PCB.

 “The fitness and medical assessment camp will be held at the National Cricket Academy from 13-25 November, while the seventh and 10th round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will be played between 11 November and 5 December with the five-day final scheduled in Karachi from 9-13 December.

The decision will ensure that the players remain fit while also prioritizing local domestic events.

“The decision has been made in the best interest of the players as well as to continue to enhance the credibility and reputation of the new domestic structure, which has been widely covered and reported across all media outlets.”