The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that there will be a third Test series England will go ahead as planned against the National Cricket Team. They dismissed all rumors of shifting the game from the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium.
Since the last few days, there have been rumors suggesting that the Pakistan Cricket Board has moved the third Test of the series from Rawalpindi. Renovation works are being carried out in places in the country before the holiday ICC Champions Trophy 2025It will take place in three locations in Pakistan.
Locations have been a major concern since the last few series. The Pakistan Cricket Board is constantly changing the venues of the matches. Because they make sure that everything is in place before the Champions Cup, and therefore the renovation work in the stadiums is going fast.
There has been a lot of noise about the places where the English series will be held. PCB delayed the announcement schedule but also by places. This event saw the British Barmy Army attack the PCB for delaying the process.
PCB official dismisses speculations of shifting third Test match to Multan
Finally, it has been revealed that the first two matches of the test series between Pakistan National Cricket Team and England National Cricket Team will be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. The final match is scheduled to be played at the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.
But with speculations that the final game of the Test series has been moved, a PCB spokesperson has cleared everything. According to media reports, the official is learned to have dismissed speculations about shifting the third Test match to Multan. He also reaffirmed that the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will host the match as scheduled.
Pakistan trail 1-0 in the series
As for the Test series between the hosts and England, the hosts are 1-0 down in the series. They suffered an innings and 47-run defeat in the first Test. Even after posting a total of over 550 runs, it was a huge defeat for them.
Pakistan is making big changes in its squad
After that, the side led by Shan Masoud has now made major changes in its structure. They left big names like them out of the squad Babar AzamShaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Sarfaraz Ahmed were dropped from the team. The Cricket Board has included fresh faces in the setup.
The hosts also named their playing XI for the first Test against the England National Cricket Team. Kamran Ghulam will make his debut for the team and will bat at number 4 in place of Babar Azam. Also, they named three spinners Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmud.
England, on the other hand, will be high in confidence. It will be strengthened by their inclusion Ben Stokes. The skipper missed the first game due to injury and is now back in the squad for the second game from October 15.
