Islamabad United's leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed is keen on returning for the remaining Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in June.

Ahmed was among the players who had contracted the virus and the tournament was postponed indefinitely after the number of Covid-19 cases continued to rise.

Fawad has confirmed that he's not afraid of coming back to Pakistan as he has developed antibodies and is immune to the virus now. While speaking to Cricket Pakistan in an exclusive interview, he further added that many international stars might miss the tournament because of the English summer.

"I have no fear of returning to Pakistan. I have developed antibodies and I am immune now. I am looking forward to it. Hopefully, it goes smoothly, because it will be difficult as many international players will not be available due to the English summer. Players will also be returning from the two-month-long bubble in IPL, so I don’t think many players will return from there," said Fawad

After recovering completely from Covid-19, Fawad advised everyone to properly follow the SOPs properly in order to avoid being hit by the deadly virus.

"I had a lot of weakness. Then there was a lot of mental stress as well during quarantine as you don’t get to go out. However, now I am feeling a lot better. I will hopefully start my training in Ramadan because PSL is starting again after Ramadan," he said.

He was also surprised by the negative test results of other players that had lunch with him and were close in contact with him during the tournament.

"We still don’t know a lot about this virus. I spent time with Ali Khan and also had lunch with Mohammad Nabi as well. How come their tests came negative? I played a match against Peshawar Zalmi, but only three people in my team contracted the virus, so we still don’t how this virus spreads," he added.

The 39-year-old criticized the PSL management that was a little too ‘relaxed’ in their approach while also raising questions on the quarantine time period claiming that ideally, it should have been more than one week.

"PSL management was a bit relaxed in their approach. Initial quarantine should have been longer. Three days was not enough. It should have been at least 7 to 10 days. Secondly, a separate hotel should have been booked for PSL, so that no one from outside could come in. It also makes security a lot better. There was a wedding going on and people from outside were staying in the same hotel as ours, so we would often come in contact with them while using the lift. I hope PCB have learned from their mistake and follow the SOPs strictly this time around," he concluded.