islamabad - The three One-day Internationals (ODIs) and one-off Twenty20 International scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi as part of the ongoing Pakistan-Australia series have been shifted to Lahore, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad confirmed on Friday.
Sh Rasheed said that the decision was taken in view of the heightened political tensions between the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and the rest of the opposition. The minister said that Pakistan’s white-ball home series against Australia, slated to start on March 29, will now be hosted at Gaddafi Stadium. “All the four white-ball matches will be shifted to Gaddafi Stadium where teams are set to play the final Test of the series starting from March 21, in case the political situation in Islamabad stays the same till March 20,” a PCB official was quoted as saying. Both teams are currently in Lahore to play the series-deciding third and final Test at the Gaddafi Stadium.