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Shaheen's departs for India via Dubai for WC 2023

The national team will play its first warm-up match with New Zealand on September 29 in Hyderabad.

GNN Web Desk
Published a year ago on Sep 27th 2023, 10:18 am
By Web Desk
Shaheen's departs for India via Dubai for WC 2023

Lahore: Pakistan cricket team left for Dubai, to participate in ICC Men’s World Cup 2023.

The Green Shirts will stay in Dubai for nine hours before leaving for India.

The national team reached Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore in bulletproof vehicles from Shaheen National Cricket Academy Lahore.

Green shirts left for Dubai by foreign flight. The team will travel to India and reach Hyderabad at 8 PM at night.

Shaheen reached Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore in bulletproof vehicles from Shaheen National Cricket Academy Lahore from where he left for Dubai by foreign flight.

After the practice session tomorrow, the national team will play their first warm-up match on September 29 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated that the match would be played 'behind closed doors' as advised by local security agencies.

The statement included that large gatherings are expected across the city of Ahmedabad on the day of the PAK-IND match.

The local police assured that all efforts are made to meet the security requirements set by the ICC for the World Cup 2023.