The sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will carry high-voltage action over the next month from the Karachi National Stadium and Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Fans will be allowed to watch the live action from the stadium after brave efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
However, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, just 20 percent of the stadiums’ entire capacity will be able to fill up. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the Code of Conduct set by the PCB will be required for fans to follow.
Tickets for matches can be accessed either by visiting bookme.pk online or by calling their helpline (03137786888).
Let’s take a look at the process for purchasing your online tickets:
- Visit bookme.pk and click on the top-right corner of the PSL tickets.
- Click on the PSL6 button for BOOKME and switch to the next tab.
- You may filter the menu by team or location, or directly pick the tickets for the match.
- You will be allowed to select the enclosure after selecting the match that you want to purchase tickets for. Enclosures are grouped according to costs and there are also enclosures for families specifically. Choose the enclosure and proceed to the next page.
- You will be allowed to pick the seats you want to sit in.
- Click on the continue button after selecting the seat.
- Your next move will be to enter your personal details after moving onto the next tab. Scroll the page down.
- Please include your personal information, including your name and your CNIC number. Similarly, enter your companions’ information (in case of multiple tickets). Enter the information, including name, phone number, and e-mail address, of the primary ticket holder.
- A six-digit OTP is sent to your mobile phone. Join the OTP and press the button to proceed.
- Pay with either a Debit/Credit Card, JazzCash Store, JazzCash Mobile Wallet, or a Mobile Account.
- Click on the ‘I accept Terms of Service’ button after entering your payment information and click on the checkout button.
This is the whole process for purchasing PSL 6 tickets online, but before heading to the stadium, there are a few things that you will have to bear in mind.
To prove your identity, you will be expected to carry your CNIC to the venue and make sure to travel early to avoid waiting in long queues.
Let’s take a look at the SOPs and Code of Conduct that you will have to follow:
Personal Hygiene
- Hand Hygiene by handwashing for 20 seconds with soap and water
- An alternative is the use of hand gel with a high percentage of alcohol (70 percent) or a suitable substance as an alternative.
- Sneezing and coughing into tissues or the elbow’s crook-disposal and cleaning hands afterwards
- Avoid touching one’s face and nose
- Spitting is forbidden in the stadium.
- While in the stadium, surgical masks must be worn by all. To ensure a risk-free atmosphere for everyone in the stadium, adequate medical masks have been issued for the crowd.
Code of Conduct
- Before going via the turnstiles, wear a face mask and continue to wear your face cover when sitting in the stands. No Masks, No Entries
- Make sure you are aware of the entry gate in advance by asking members of the management team/security personnel at the stadium’s main gates.
- Spectators must not be present if they experience any signs of Covid-19, feel unwell, or if they have recently been in close touch with someone with symptoms or who has tested positive.
- If you experience symptoms while at the stadium, please immediately contact the nearest administrative staff member. Admission privileges will be reserved by the PCB
- Please observe social distance at all times and in all parts of the land and avoid direct communication with those who are not in your support bubble.
- If you have to use toilets or leave the stadium, you must sit in your seat at all times. In such situations, seek advice at each stand from the ushers and security guards available.
- Please turn your back when walking in the rows if you have to brush past other spectators, thereby preventing face-to-face contact.
- Use the sanitizers provided and use toilet facilities where possible to wash your hands. Maintain good hand hygiene
- Please follow respiratory etiquette. If you need to cough or sneeze, always cover your mouth
Washroom Facilities
- A steward/caretaker is assigned to control the movement of spectators at all times and to ensure that no more than three individuals use the facility at a given time.
- At regular intervals, handwashing facilities will be washed and sanitized.
- The stock of hand sanitizers will be handled carefully by assigned employees.
- The stock of hand sanitizers will be handled carefully by assigned employees.
- Spacing between the seats
- Two seats between two people or each group will be left.
- To ensure social distancing is in place, the party must include only one household.
- To ensure social distancing, a row between successive rows is left empty.
Ticketing
- To be sold (CNIC Holders) to families only for exclusive family stands and for individually seated general stands.
- To assist with monitoring and tracing, applicants must include their contact information at the point of sale.
- To be sold in advance only via online purchases with telephone helpline support. Tickets to be printed or delivered at home with QR codes via cash on delivery mechanism.
- Ushers and security guards to make sure continuity in seating
