Dubai Sports City Traffic Was At Stand Still Last Night But Cricket Fans Don’t Care
The Twenty20 Pakistan Super League (PSL) kicked off it’s second ever season in Dubai Sports City last night. The league that was set up in 2016 has five franchise teams representing cities of Pakistan and was hugely successful in it’s opening season last year. it’s played in Dubai due to security fears in Pakistan. The five teams are
- Islamabad United
- Karachi Kings
- Lahore Qalandars
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Quetta Gladiators
The first game started yesterday with current champions Islamabad United taking on, and defeating Peshawar Zalmi
Traffic was quickly chockablock in Sports City
Traffic around Dubai Sports City already started building up & will soon be worse.Take alternative commute to travel for #PSL2017 opening. pic.twitter.com/Cq4k8MRQpa
— TrafficDXB (@trafficdxb) February 9, 2017
Here are the dates and times of matches be sure to work around them
International Cricket stars were excited about the start of the season
Almost time for the PSL opening ceremony ???? #PSL2017 #dubai pic.twitter.com/MheUzWS8wZ
— Dawid Malan (@dmalan29) February 9, 2017
And the opening ceremony looked pretty impressive
Does anything open or close in Dubai without fireworks?
#PSL2017 fireworks most certainly got Dubai rocking #fantasticeffort pic.twitter.com/Av788mnPlV
— Razia Desai (@raziiia) February 9, 2017