Lahore: Despite severe security threats and risky circumstances, Zimbabwe team reaches the Allama Iqbal International Airport. For a match series consists on 3 one day matches while 2 T20 matches with the Pakistani national cricket team.
There were rumors that the team will cancel their tour due to the recent terrorist attack in Karachi. But all of these rumors vanished when the cricket board of Zimbabwe declared that they will visit Pakistan. As DunniyaNews breaks this news on the base of internal sources before the official announcement.
The Zimbabwe squad arrived in Pakistan at the midnight of Tuesday. Home minister Shuja Khanzada and Zakir Khan of PCB welcomed the guests at the airport. They lead the guests towards a private hotel in high security while the helicopter was also available for aerial view.
Guest team will stay in Pakistan from 22 May to 31 May. They will play 3 one day and 2 T20 matches in Lahore Qaddafi stadium. After 6 years of Srilankan teams attack in Pakistan, it’s the 1st team to visit Pakistan.
However, there were much security threats in Pakistan and the advisers of Zimbabwe also advised the team to not visit Pakistan but they make this decision to promote cricket.
The schedule of this cricket series in given below.
Date | Match Details | Time | ||
GMT | IST | Your Time | ||
May 22 – Fri | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 1st T20I Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan, 2015 |
14:00 | 19:30 | 19:00 |
May 24 – Sun | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan, 2015 |
14:00 | 19:30 | 19:00 |
May 26 – Tue | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan, 2015 |
09:00 | 14:30 | 14:00 |
May 29 – Fri | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan, 2015 |
09:00 | 14:30 | 14:00 |
May 31 – Sun | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan, 2015 |
09:00 | 14:30 | 14:00 |