HYDERABAD: The Pakistan cricket team started their training ahead of their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.
This training session marked Pakistan’s first training session after stepping foot on Indian soil yesterday.
Pakistan will face New Zealand in their first ICC World Cup 2023 warm-up fixture at the same venue on Friday, which will be played behind closed doors due to security concerns.
Pakistan will then take on Australia on October 3rd in their second warm-up fixture before kicking off their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on October 6.
Pakistan team landed in India on Wednesday evening to participate in the ICC World Cup 2023, which will be played from October 5 to November 19.
Pakistan contingent, consisting of 18 players and 13-player support personnel commuted to the team hotel under tight security.
The Green Shirts departed from Lahore airport in the wee hours on Wednesday and after a brief layover in Dubai, reached here.
For the unversed, Pakistan cricket team players and officials received their Indian visas for the ICC World Cup 2023, after experiencing a lengthy delay.
This delay prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to record its protest by writing a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC).
According to the details, the PCB sent a stern letter to the cricket governing body raised concerns over the ongoing visa debacle and reminding the regulatory body about the Host-Member agreement.
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, M Wasim Jnr, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha.
Travelling reserves: Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan
The day matches will start at 10:00 am Pakistan Standard Time (PST) while all other matches will be day-night fixtures, starting at 01:30 pm (PST).
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