Zimbabwe get government's approval to tour Pakistan
Zabir Al MamunContributor
Posted - 2020-09-23T16:48:56+06:00
Updated - 2020-09-23T16:48:56+06:00
Zimbabwe and Pakistan are supposed to play a limited over series with a view to resumption of cricket for the Zimbabwean. After a long time, finally the Government of Zimbabwe has granted permission to its cricket team to tour Pakistan for a limited-overs series scheduled for October-November.
Zimbabwe cricket has announced the news on their official Twitter handle.
"IT'S OFFICIAL! The Government of Zimbabwe has granted @ZimCricketv the permission to tour Pakistan for a limited-overs series scheduled for October-November," Zimbabwe Cricket tweeted.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe are scheduled to play three One Day International matches and as many T20Is against Pakistan. The schedule for the series has been slotted from October 20. Beside this , some matches will be held in Multan for the first time in 12 years after the terrorist attack while there was a ongoing series between Pakistan and
The series will be take place in a bio secured bubble atmosphere. Pakistan Cricket Board PCB has demanded assistance from the
and Wales Cricket Board to create a bio secured atmosphere for the series to commence. Pakistan Cricket Board yet to make the standard operating procedures for the tour. Besides this the board will also take some steps about isolation.
Although, Pakistan resumed cricket with Test and T20 series against the English. Meanwhile, Pakistan lost the Test series 1-0 while they levelled the T20I series 1-1 against England in their last bilateral series. On the other hand, Zimbabwe cricket is dealing with some hardship and yet to make a international comeback after the inception of Coronavirus in cricket arena.