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Zimbabwe volition regenerate Afghanistan successful the three-nation T20I tourney to beryllium played successful Pakistan from November 17 to 29, the PCB said connected Saturday (October 18, 2025).
Afghanistan announced earlier successful the time that it would not beryllium sending its squad to Pakistan for the tournament, citing the tragic decease of 3 of its cricketers which it claimed occurred successful Pakistan’s aerial strikes successful Paktika province.
Sri Lanka are the 3rd broadside successful the tourney opening successful Rawalpindi.
In a connection announcing Zimbabwe's participation, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) simply said that "Afghanistan expressed their inability to enactment successful the tournament."
"Zimbabwe Cricket has accepted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s invitation to enactment successful a T20I tri-series besides featuring Sri Lanka, to beryllium staged successful Rawalpindi and Lahore from 17 to 29 November," the PCB said.
"The maiden tri-series connected Pakistan ungraded has been scheduled to supply each 3 sides with mentation up of adjacent year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which volition beryllium held successful India and Sri Lanka."
The tri-series volition commence connected November 17, with hosts Pakistan taking connected Zimbabwe astatine the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The 2nd fixture volition besides beryllium played astatine the aforesaid venue connected November 19, erstwhile Sri Lanka instrumentality connected Zimbabwe.
Following the 2 matches successful Rawalpindi, the enactment volition displacement to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, which volition signifier the remaining 5 matches, including the last connected November 29.
Earlier successful the day, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), successful a station connected X, stated that respective lives were mislaid successful the incident, including the 3 players returning location aft a "friendly' lucifer successful Sharana, the provincial capital.
"The ACB considers this a large nonaccomplishment for Afghanistan's sports community, its athletes, and the cricketing family," it said successful a statement.
Describing the incidental arsenic "tragic", the ACB said "as a motion of respect to the victims" it had "decided to retreat from participating successful the upcoming Tri-Nation T20I Series."
The ICC and the BCCI person besides condemned the sidesplitting of the aspiring cricketers.
