Ahead of Thursday's (June 24) Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 final, PCB has suspended Peshawar Zalmi cricketers Haider Ali and Umaid Asif after they admitted to charges of violating the health and safety protocols by meeting people from outside their designated bio-secure bubble.

The incident happened on Wednesday (June 23) and the decision was made early on Thursday morning by the tournament COVID-19 management panel comprising Barrister Salman Naseer (PCB, Chief Operating Officer) and Babar Hamid (Director - Commercial, and PSL 6 head).

"The two cricketers were found not to have interacted with any other squad members at any time after the incident and have been placed in room isolation," PCB said in a statement.

Moreover, Haider Ali has been withdrawn from the England and West Indies tours, respectively.

Sohaib Maqsood, who plays for Multan Sultans, has been named as his replacement for the two tours.

"Sohaib has had a stellar PSL season, in which he has to date scored 363 runs in 11 matches with an average of 40.33 and strike rate of just under 153. He has represented Pakistan in 26 ODIs and two T20Is, with his last T20I appearance being against New Zealand in Hamilton in January 2016," PCB said.

Peshawar Zalmi will take on Multan Sultans in the PSL 2021 final at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.