This team will return after leaving Pakistan tour midway, big blow to PCB before Champions Trophy
Sri Lanka A Team to Leave Pakistan Due to Political Protest: There is chaos in Pakistan these days. Supporters of Imran Khan's party are creating havoc in Islamabad. This violent protest has also affected cricket. Actually, Sri Lanka's A team is in Pakistan to play the ODI series against Pakistan Shaheens. But now due to this increasing violent protest, the Sri Lankan team will leave the series midway and return to their country.
The PCB on Tuesday confirmed that after consultation with the Sri Lankan board, it had postponed the final two ODI matches between Pakistan Shaheens and Sri Lanka A. The postponed matches were to be played in Rawalpindi on Wednesday and Friday. Now both the boards together will decide new dates to end the series.
Sri Lanka team will leave Pakistan
Let us tell you that former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has been protesting in Islamabad since Sunday. During this period, incidents of clashes and violence have come to light between protesters and police personnel and security forces.
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the PCB chairman, had announced that the Army would be called in to calm the entire situation. But the matter does not seem to have calmed down yet. Many police personnel have lost their lives during this demonstration and hundreds of people have been injured.
Talking about cricket, Sri Lanka A team first played a series of two unofficial test matches after visiting Pakistan. Pakistan won the first Test of the series, while the second Test was drawn. At the same time, Pakistan team was successful in winning the first match of the ODI series by 108 runs.
Hosting of Champions Trophy may slip from PCB's hands
Due to this development, the hosting of Champions Trophy 2025 may also slip from Pakistan's hands. Let us tell you that ICC has scheduled a meeting on November 29 to resolve the ongoing dispute between PCB and BCCI regarding the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, ICC can take a big decision after seeing the current situation in Pakistan.
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