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After the Afghanistan Cricket Board, the PCB named Zimbabwe arsenic the replacement broadside (Images via AP, X/@ACBofficials)
Zimbabwe Cricket has accepted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) invitation to enactment successful a T20I tri-series alongside Pakistan and Sri Lanka, scheduled from 17 to 29 November successful Rawalpindi and Lahore.
The determination comes aft Afghanistan withdrew from the tourney pursuing the deaths of 3 of their players successful a caller airstrike successful Paktika province.
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The tri-series connected Pakistani ungraded is intended to springiness each 3 sides mentation up of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, which volition beryllium held successful India and Sri Lanka. “The Tri-Series volition advancement arsenic scheduled adjacent aft Afghanistan's withdrawal. We are looking astatine a replacement squad and erstwhile finalised, the announcement volition beryllium made.
The Tri-Series features a 3rd squad successful Sri Lanka truthful it is connected from 17th November,” a elder PCB authoritative had said earlier.The tourney volition unfastened connected 17 November with hosts Pakistan facing Zimbabwe astatine the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka volition conscionable Zimbabwe connected 19 November, besides successful Rawalpindi. The enactment past moves to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, which volition big the remaining 5 matches, including the last connected 29 November.
Pakistan volition besides big Sri Lanka successful a abstracted three-match bilateral T20 bid from 11 to 15 November.
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The Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) withdrawal marks different setback successful Pakistan-Afghanistan cricket relations, which person been strained successful caller months. During a tri-series successful Sharjah up of the Asia Cup, Pakistani and Afghan spectators were seated successful abstracted enclosures to debar imaginable conflicts. Prior to that, Pakistan had supported Afghanistan cricket by allowing their players to enactment successful home tournaments.
New T20I Tri-Series schedule
- 17 Nov: Pakistan v Zimbabwe – Rawalpindi
- 19 Nov: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe – Rawalpindi
- 22 Nov: Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Lahore
- 23 Nov: Pakistan v Zimbabwe – Lahore
- 25 Nov: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe – Lahore
- 27 Nov: Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Lahore
- 29 Nov: Final – Lahore
Zimbabwe’s information ensures the tri-series goes up arsenic planned, giving fans and teams invaluable T20 mentation up of adjacent year’s World Cup.
