The PCB had already released the match schedule for the tournament, which begins at the National Stadium here, before the event is being shifted to Lahore from February 9.
The decision was revealed by CA CEO Nick Hockley, who said that they are planning to relocate all eight teams inside a bio-bubble in Melbourne as it will make it easier for the organisers to reschedule the fixtures in the event of postponement of matches due to any further COVID positive cases.
Covid-19 disrupts sports: The new Omicron variant has impacted sports as major sporting leagues like the Ranji Trophy and the Australian domestic league are either being postponed or cancelled.
Maxwell, who is the captain of Melbourne Stars in the BBL, became the 13th player from the franchise to test positive for the virus.
Both the men's and women's domestic game has been hit hard as Cricket Australia (CA) was forced to make many late schedule changes.
The 51-year-old Australian pace legend said would prefer to see a close battle in the ultimate contest instead of 'political correctness'.
Chand, 28, had called time on his playing career in India earlier this year and is currently representing the USA team.
Jemimah Rodrigues stole the thunder from her Indian teammate Smriti Mandhana as Melbourne Renegades defeated Sydney Thunder by nine runs in the Women's Big Bash league.
Stylish opener Smriti Mandhana believes the stint at the ongoing Women's Big Bash League will hold the Indian players in good stead when they play for the national team, especially ahead of next year's ODI World Cup.
Young opener Shafali struck 57 off 50 balls with six hits to the fence in Sixers' successful run chase against Hobart Hurricane, who made 125 for nine.
Chasing 122, Rodrigues and skipper Sophie Molineaux (16 off 16) shared 22 runs for the opening stand before the latter departed.
The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) inaugural week is facing uncertainty after Hobart was put under a three-day lockdown on Friday due to surging Covid-19 cases in Tasmania.
There are as many as eight Indian players featuring in the Women's Big Bash this season and the leading stars also feature in the Hundred in the UK.
With a T20I strike rate in excess of 100, Ghosh also made her One-Day International debut on Australian soil last month, as part of India's multi-format Australian tour.
It will be a debut season for the 21-year-old Rodrigues, beginning October 14. Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav have been signed up by Sydney Sixers.
Both, Mandhana and Deepti are currently in Australia as part of the Indian team's ongoing tour and will stay back for the franchise league, starting October 14.
The 31-year-old, who last played for Australia in 2017, is still angry over how Hurricanes treated him when contract renewal talks came over.
The swashbuckling opener has been a prolific scorer for Thunder over the last two seasons of BBL, scoring 576 and 543 runs respectively.
The 11th season of the BBL will begin with Sydney Sixers taking on Melbourne Stars at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The eleventh edition of the Big Bash League will begin on December 5.
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