Peshawar Zalmi will be without Haider Ali and Umaid Asif in the upcoming PSL final on Thursday (June 24) after they admitted to breaching the bio-bubble protocols by meeting people outside it and not maintaining the prescribed social distance. Umaid Asif has featured in nine fixtures for Zalmi, picking eight wickets along the way. In as many games, Haider Ali has scored 166 runs, including a half-century.
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Haidar Ali, Umaid Asif out of PSL final for bio-bubble breach
Haider also lost his place in Pakistan squad for the upcoming England, West Indies tours. © Getty
As per an official release from PCB, the incident occurred on Wednesday and the decision to oust them was taken on Thursday morning by Covid-19 Management panel of the PSL. The release also stated that they did not come in close contact with the rest of the squad members after the breach and have been placed in room isolation.
Haider Ali has also been withdrawn from Pakistan's squad for the upcoming tours of England and West Indies, with Sohaib Maqsood - who in the midst of a fine PSL season - named as his replacement.
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