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Despite the pullout by Afghanistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) that the three-nation T20I tourney volition beryllium held connected docket from November 17 to 29 successful Lahore.
A elder PCB authoritative said they are successful talks with a fewer different boards to regenerate Afghanistan successful the tri-series successful which Sri Lanka is the 3rd side.
“The Tri-Series volition advancement arsenic scheduled adjacent aft Afghanistan’s withdrawal. We are looking astatine a replacement squad and erstwhile finalised, the announcement volition beryllium made. The Tri-Series features a 3rd squad successful Sri Lanka truthful it is connected from 17th November,” helium said.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that it would not beryllium sending its squad to Pakistan for the tournament, citing the tragic decease of 3 cricketers which it claimed occurred successful Pakistan’s aerial strikes successful Paktika province.
Afghanistan has had nary bilateral bid with Pakistan since getting Test presumption though its A teams often visited the state earlier their designation by the International Cricket Council and galore Afghan players besides trained successful the country.
At 1 time, Pakistan had besides allowed Afghanistan cricketers to play successful their home events.
A reliable root said that the planetary cricket section of the PCB was presently adjacent looking astatine subordinate associate teams including Nepal and UAE arsenic replacements for Afghanistan, but their precedence is to get a Test playing federation to enactment successful the tri-series.
Pakistan volition besides big Sri Lanka for a three-match bilateral T20 bid from November 11 to 15.
Pakistan’s narration with Afghanistan has remained tense for a portion present and adjacent though they hosted a tri-series, besides featuring the UAE successful Sharjah, anterior to the Asia Cup.
Pakistani and Afghani spectators were seated successful antithetic enclosures to debar clashes.
