The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that the third Test of the series against the England National Cricket Team will take place as scheduled. They rubbished all rumors about shifting the game from the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium.
Since the last few days, there have been rumors suggesting that the Pakistan Cricket Board will shift the third Test of the series out of Rawalpindi. The country’s venues are under renovation ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which will be held at three venues in Pakistan.
Since the last series, venues have been a big concern. The Pakistan Cricket Board continually changes venues for games. This is because they are making sure everything is in place before the Champions Trophy and, as such, stadium renovations are progressing at a rapid pace.
There was also a lot of commotion around the venues of the England series. The PCB also delayed the announcement of the schedule due to venues. In this event, England’s crackpot army lashed out at the PCB for delaying the process.
PCB official dismisses speculations on relocation of third Test match to Multan.
Finally, it was revealed that the first two games of the Test series between the Pakistan national cricket team and the England national cricket team will be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. The final match is scheduled to take place at the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.
But with speculations that the final game of the Test series is moving, a PCB spokesperson clarified 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 are losing 1-0 in the series
Coming into the test series between the hosts and England, the hosts are 1-0 down in the series. They faced a crushing one-innings, 47-run defeat in the first Test. It was a horrible outing for them as even after registering a total of over 550 runs, they faced a huge defeat.
Pakistan makes massive changes to its squad
After that, the Shan Masood-led side has made massive changes to their setup. They released big names from the team as players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Sarfaraz Ahmed were dropped from the team. The Cricket Board included new 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. Additionally, they have named three spinners: Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmood.
England, on the other hand, will be very confident. They would be reinforced with the inclusion of Ben Stokes. The captain missed the first match due to a hamstring injury and has now returned to the team for the second match, which will be played from October 15.