Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play their first Test on home soil following a range of ten years, the nation’s cricketing board affirmed on Thursday.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) affirmed that their group and Sri Lanka will play their World Test Championship coordinates in Rawalpindi and Karachi.
The first Test will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium from December 11-15, while the subsequent Test will be held at the National Stadium from December 19-23.Earlier, Sri Lanka was planned to play Tests in October and afterward return in December for white-ball cricket, however the matches were swapped by both cricketing sheets to give them the chance to survey the circumstance before choosing the Test venues.”This is marvelous news for Pakistan cricket and its notoriety of being as sheltered and secure as some other nation on the planet. We are grateful to Sri Lanka Cricket for consenting to send their group for the more extended rendition of the game, which will contribute fundamentally in the PCB’s endeavors and drive for ordinary resumption of worldwide cricket, and help in its undertakings of pulling in new crowds and more youthful age,” PCB Director, International Cricket Zakir Khan said in an authority statement.In the ongoing restricted overs cricket arrangement among Pakistan and Sri Lanka, a couple of top players from the island country wouldn’t visit Pakistan refering to security concerns.
The players who quit were – Lasith Malinga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Janith Perera, Dhananjaya De Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne.In 2009, the Sri Lankan group was headed to Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore for a Test coordinate with Pakistan, when fear based oppressors terminated aimlessly at their transport. That assault left eight individuals dead and harmed seven Sri Lankan players and staff.Since at that point, global cricket had evaded Pakistan with no prominent group visiting the nation for a full-length tour.
Earlier this month, International Tennis Federation (ITF) had likewise declared that the up and coming Davis Cup tie among India and Pakistan would not be played in Pakistan, and the organization requested the bind to be played at a nonpartisan setting, refering to security concerns.