Pakistan players test negative for Covid-19 ahead of Zimbabwe series

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All Pakistan men’s national team’s players and support staff assembled in Lahore were integrated into a bio-secure bubble in a local hotel today after they tested negative for Covid-19.

The tests were conducted on Wednesday upon the squad’s arrival at the hotel.

The squad will now start preparations for the three-match ODI series at the Gaddafi Stadium with a training and practice session today. The Pakistan squad will travel to Rawalpindi from Lahore on October 26.

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The three One-Day Internationals, between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, in Rawalpindi are set to be played on October 30, November 1 and 3, while the three Twenty20 Internationals will be held at Gaddafi Stadium on November 7, 8 and 10.

Pakistan probables for ODIs and T20Is:

Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Abid Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz and Zafar Gohar

Series schedule (ODIs to start 1200, T20Is to commence 1530):

Oct 30 – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi.

Nov 1 – 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi.

Nov 3 – 3rd ODI, Rawalpindi.

Nov 7 – 1st T20I, Lahore.

Nov 8 – 2nd T20I, Lahore.

Nov 10 – 3rd T20I, Lahore.