Pakistan are as a consequence of play two warm-up matches — towards New Zealand on 29 September and Australia on 3 October — each in Hyderabad.
Pakistan cricket workforce arrived in Hyderabad for the Cricket World Cup. They’ll play warm-up matches within the metropolis earlier than the extravaganza. PTI
Pakistan’s cricket workforce arrived in Hyderabad on Wednesday amid tight safety forward of World Cup. That is Pakistan’s first go to to India since 2016.
The workforce’s arrival was met by excited crowds, which had been held again by law enforcement officials, which cheered and shouted the workforce captain Babar Azam’s identify, because the workforce arrived for the ODI event which begins 5 October.
India and Pakistan solely play cricket in worldwide tournaments, and often, the matches are staged in third international locations.
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Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has performed down the hype of going through their rivals of their yard, saying forward of their journey that the workforce was “not simply going to play towards India solely”.
Pakistan are slated to play two warm-up matches — towards New Zealand on 29 September and Australia on 3 October — each in Hyderabad.
The event includes 48 matches being performed over 46 days at 10 completely different venues with the ultimate set for November 19.
However with massive crowds anticipated for a competition on Friday, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) mentioned the primary warm-up will likely be a closed door match as “per the recommendation of the native safety companies”.
Pakistan open their World Cup marketing campaign towards the Netherlands, earlier than going through arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad on 14 October.
India, in the meantime, will start their marketing campaign towards Australia on 8 October in Chennai adopted by the hotly-anticipated conflict towards Pakistan.
Visas for the Pakistan workforce had been issued on Monday, Indian and Pakistani media reported, simply 48 hours previous to their journey plans.