Pakistan Cricket Team Arrives In India After Seven Years Ahead Of WC 2023

The Pakistan cricket team arrived hon Wednesday, its first visit to India in seven years, to compete in the ODI World Cup beginning on October 5. The Babar Azam-led side will spend a lot of time in Hyderabad, having arrived from Dubai where it had a long nine hour layover. The squad had left Lahore in the wee hours of Wednesday and reached Hyderabad in the night. Pakistan play their opening warm-up game against New Zealand on September 29 before taking on Australia on October 3. They open their tournament campaign against Netherlands here before battling with Sri Lanka on October 10. The Pakistan players had got their Indian visas less than 48 hours before their scheduled travel. Both India and Pakistan only face each other Asia Cup and ICC events due to the tense relations between the two countries.