Test Cricket Returns to Pakistan After Decade

Pakistan Test team captain Azhar Ali has thanked the Sri Lankan cricket team for visiting Pakistan again after 10 years.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play the first match of the Two-Test series in Rawalpindi on December 11, 2019, with this match Test cricket will return the Pakistan after a gap of 10 years.

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Azhar Ali Press Conference

Azhar Ali in he has a one press conference along his Sri Lankan Captain Dmitry Karunaratne in Rawalpindi, he said that this is a historic occasion and all the players are excited to be a part of it.

"We are grateful to the Sri Lankan team for coming here, we played the last Test match against them so their visit will send a good message to the world that we need to support each other," Pak Team skipper said.
Azhar Ali said that I would try to score big by restoring my form because if the captain performs well, then other players are also encouraged. Pressure will have to be handled. He said that the selection committee and captain are there, Sri Lanka cannot be taken easy, their bowling and batting are good.

Last Visit of Sri Lanka to Pakistan for Test Series

It was the exact 10 years back the team of Sri Lanka came to Pakistan for test series, in fact we are Remember that when a Sri Lankan team bus coming to the stadium for a test match in Lahore in March 2009 was attacked by terrorists, there were 8 people die and several others are injured, including players and match officials.

After this attack, the doors of world sports, including cricket, were closed in Pakistan due to this occurrence no one want to visit here to play and the Pakistani team had to play all their home series at the neutral location of the United Arab Emirates. Zimbabwe's visit to the Pakistan in 2015 was the first step towards restoration of world cricket after waiting a long six-year to visit any country team. And then with the improvement of the security situation gradually, in the result Pakistan Super League was scheduled in Pakistani grounds with the PSL International Cricket player are visited, this was the major foundation to restored game in the country

In September this year, the Sri Lankan team made a successful visit to Pakistan for a limited-overs series after which the hopes of a return to Test cricket came to light and with the arrival of the Sri Lankan team a decade-long in the country. The dream of returning to Test cricket is going to be a shame.
This will be the first Test match of all 16 players in the squad of the national team as all these players have debated the test for Pakistan after the attack.

Captain Azhar Ali, who played 75 Test matches, will also be the first Test match on Pakistani soil.

It is worth mentioning here that the Sri Lankan team has not lost any series in Pakistan since 1992 and since then they have won two of the four series played so far and two series have been drawn.
Two years ago, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan 0-2 in the Test series at the United Arab Emirates, which was Pakistan's first defeat in a Test series in the UAE in eight years. Kornhartney hopes his team is motivated by a win ahead of the two years we Will perform well in this series as well.

Expect players in green caps
In the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Stadium, 11 players from the team are Imam-ul-Haq, Sean Masood, Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Harris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah. Afridi, Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah may be included.

Watch Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Fist Test match live

The first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from December 11, while the second Test match of the series will be hosted by the National Stadium in Karachi from December 19 - 2019

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