Pakistan, Feb. 15 -- American rapper Pitbull said on Wednesday that he would be unable to perform at the opening ceremony of the much-anticipated fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

In a video that he uploaded on his Twitter account, Pitbull said, "pieces of the aeroplane's engine had come apart" after a test flight and that was why he would be unable to reach Dubai, where the opening ceremony is scheduled to take place.

"I want to start off by saying I was very excited to be able to go to Dubai and perform for the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) PSL cricket tournament," he said. "But, unfortunately, what has happened was, it was such a long flight, they took the plane for a test flight and when they landed, pieces of the engine...