Fire breaks out at Karachi's National Stadium ahead of Pakistan Super League opener

Just two days ahe of Pakistan Super League (PSL 2022) opener, a fire broke out at Karachi's National Stium. This incident took place on Tuesday night (January 25) with fire outbreak said to have been caused by a short circuit during a welding operation while creating a make-shift commentary box.

National Stium in Karachi will host first phase of league with a total of 15 matches being held re, while next 15 league matches and four playoff games including final on February 27 will be hosted by Gdafi Stium in Lahore. 

Pakistan Super League: Squs for PSL 2022

Multan Sultans: Mohamm Rizwan (c), Abbas Afridi, Amir Azmat, Anwar Ali, Asif Afridi, Blessing Muzarabani, David Willey, Ihsanullah, Imran Khan Snr, Imran Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Odean Smith/Johnson Charles, Rilee Rossouw, Rizwan Hussain, Rovman Powell/Dominic Drakes, Rumman Raees, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood, Sohaib Maqsood, Tim David

Karachi Kings: Babar Azam (c), Amir Yamin, Chris Jordan, Faisal Akram, Im Wasim, Joe Clarke, Jordan Thompson, Lewis Gregory, Mohamm Amir, Mohamm Ilyas, Mohamm Nabi, Muhamm Imran, Qasim Akram/Mohamm Taha, Rohail Nazir, Romario Shepherd, Sahibza Farhan, Sharjeel Khan, Talha Ahsan, Tom Abell/Ian Cockbain, Umaid Asif

Islamab United: Shab Khan (c), Alex Hales, Asif Ali, Ar Mehmood, Azam Khan, Colin Munro, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Marchant De Lange, Mohamm Akhlaq, Mohamm Wasim Jr,  Mubasir Khan, Musa Khan, Paul Stirling, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar, Zahir Khan and Zeeshan Zameer/Mohamm Huraira

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abdullah Shafiq, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Dawid Wiese, Dean Foxcroft, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Harry Brook, Imran Randhawa, Kamran Ghulam, Mohamm Hafeez, Maaz Khan, Phil Salt/Ben Dunk, Rashid Khan, Samit Patel, Sohail Akhtar, Syed Faridoun, Zaman Khan, Zeeshan Ashraf

Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz (c), Aarish Ali Khan, Arsh Iqbal, Ben Cutting, Haider Ali, Hazratullah Zazai, Hussain Talat, Kamran Akmal, Liam Livingstone/Matw Parkinson, Mohamm Haris, Mohamm Umar, Salman Irsh, Sameen Gul, Saqib Mahmood/Pat Brown, Sherfane Rurford, Shoaib Malik, Sirajuddin, Sohail Khan, Tom Kohler-Cmore, Usman Qir

Quetta Gliators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahsan Ali, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ghulam Mudassar, Iftikhar Ahmed, James Faulkner, James Vince/Will Smeed, Jason Roy/Shimron Hetmyer, Khurram Shehz, Mohamm Hasnain, Mohamm Nawaz, Muhamm Ashar Qureshi, Naseem Shah, Naveen ul Haq/Luke Wood, or Ahm/Ali Imran, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal

Im: AP