Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has said that the star players of the PSL 2025 are relieved to have landed in Dubai, escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, which led to the suspension of the tournament.

The Pakistan Super League 2025 edition was suspended on May 09 after the BCCI suspended IPL 2025 for a week.

Hossain and other overseas PSL players were swiftly flown out to the UAE from where they boarded connecting flights to their final destinations.

“Alhamdulillah, we have reached Dubai after overcoming a crisis and I am feeling well now. After landing in Dubai when we heard that a missile struck the airport 20 minutes after we took off from the airport. The news was scary as well as sorrowful. I am relieved to be here now,” said Rishad Hossain.

He also echoed voices of other players who were visibly shaken by the unfolding events, such as fellow Bangaldeshi, fast bowler Nahid Rana who plays for Peshawar Zalmi.

“Nahid Rana was very quiet, maybe for the tension, as I understood. I kept telling him not to be tense and hopefully nothing would happen to us. Alhamdulillah we reached Dubai safely,” he said.

He aslo revealed New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, vowed never to return to Pakistan. “Foreign players like Sam Billings, Daryl Mitchell, Kushal Perera, David Wiese, Tom Curran… all of them were so frightened… Landing in Dubai, Mitchell told me that he would never go to Pakistan again, especially in this kind of scenario. Overall, they all were horrified,” he said.

“He (Tom Curran) went to the airport, but heard that the airport was closed. Then he started crying like a little child, that it took two or three people to handle him,” Hossain added.

On the other hand, BCCI has reportedly shortlisted Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad as the three venues should the Indian government give the green light for IPL 2025 to return in May.

Bringing these foreign players back, if IPL 2025 is to be resumed later in May, could be a challenge especially if the league extends beyond the original final date of May 25.

With 16 matches yet to be played in 2025 edition, it remains to be seen whether the IPL will return for completion.