The fans attending the HBL PSL 2020 fixtures at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore have access to top-class first aid facilities as the Punjab government has set up a 20-bed temporary hospital at the ground floor of the National Hockey Stadium.
The 32-staff hospital, which is approximately 200 metres away from the stadium will be operational till 23rd March, a day after the HBL PSL 2020 final, and its operations are being looked after by General Hospital.
The staff includes five doctors - a senior general physician, a general physician, a heart specialist, an orthopedic and an eye-specialist - and 12 paramedical staff. The temporary hospital is equipped with an operation theatre, a laboratory for tests, a pharmacy and a rescue ambulance.
Such facilities are also available at the other venues where the HBL PSL 2020 matches are being staged. A six-bed temporary hospital has also been set-up in Karachi at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, which is adjacent to the National Stadium. A three-bed temporary hospital has also been set-up at ARID University near the Pindi Cricket Stadium to provide first aid to the fans coming in for the HBL PSL 2020 matches in Rawalpindi. Similarly, during the Multan leg of the HBL PSL 2020, a 10-bed temporary hospital was established inside the Multan Cricket Stadium.
PCB Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer, who visited the temporary hospital at the National Hockey Stadium, said: "Having medical facilities of such a calibre available for the cricket fans is perfectly in line with the PCB and government's policies of keeping the fans' health and safety at the forefront.
On the other hand, fastest century, most sixes in an innings and biggest victory in terms of runs highlighted the second week of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020.
With the race for the top-four spots of the points table intensifying, the fans are in for enthralling cricketing action over the course of the next week.
In the IInd week of PSL, Multan Sultans batsman Rilee Rossouw smashed the record books with a 43-ball hundred - the fastest in the history of HBL PSL - against Quetta Gladiators at Multan Cricket Stadium. The previous record belonged to Cameron Delport, who playing for Islamabad United knocked a century off 49 balls against Lahore Qalandars in Karachi last year.
Quetta Gladiators were at the receiving end of another HBL PSL record when Lahore Qalandars' Ben Dunk smashed 10 sixes in innings, the most by any batsman in the tournament history, at the Gaddafi Stadium. There was a phase in his innings when he hit eight sixes in the space of 12 balls. He also hit four maximums in a row off Mohammad Nawaz's bowling in the 15th over of Lahore Qalandars' innings.
The partnership of 155 runs between Ben Dunk and Samit Patel, during Lahore Qalandars' victory over Quetta Gladiators in Lahore, was the second highest in the history of the HBL PSL.
With a victory against Quetta Gladiators, Lahore Qalandars saved themselves from an eighth consecutive defeat. They lost the last four games in 2019 and started this year with three defeats Islamabad United registered the biggest victory - in terms of runs - with a 71-run over Lahore Qalandars.
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