Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given more importance to the 20-over format to conduct extra preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The Men in Green are also slated to play extra T20 games to gear up for the marquee event set to be played in West Indies and USA in June 2024. Babar Azam and Co. will now play extra T20Is against New Zealand at home which has resulted in the West Indies series getting pushed back.
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The West Indies were originally scheduled to play two Tests in Pakistan in February of next year as part of the new WTC cycle. However, that has now been postponed until January 2025.
The Men in Green will now travel to New Zealand following their tour of Australia later this year to play five Twenty20 Internationals beginning January 12. New Zealand will then travel to the Asian country in April 2024 to play five more T20Is in preparation for the T20 World Cup. In total, PCB has now confirmed that their side will be playing a total of 19 T20Is ahead of the World Cup.
Pakistan men’s revised FTP 2023-2025(All Tests are part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025)
2023-24
July – Pakistan to Sri Lanka (two Tests) (ongoing)
August – Pakistan to Afghanistan (three ODIs)
September – ACC 50-over Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
October/November – ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup India 2023
December/January – Pakistan to Australia (three Tests)
January – Pakistan to New Zealand (5T20Is)
April – New Zealand to Pakistan (5 T20Is)
May – Pakistan to the Netherlands (three T20Is), Ireland (two T20Is) and England (four T20Is)
June – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup USA/West Indies 2024
2024-25
August – Bangladesh in Pakistan (two Tests)
October – England in Pakistan (three Tests)
November – Pakistan to Australia (three ODIs and three T20Is)
November/December – Pakistan to Zimbabwe (three ODIs and three T20Is)
December/January – Pakistan to South Africa (two Tests, three ODIs, three T20Is)
January – West Indies in Pakistan (two Tests)
February – New Zealand and South Africa in Pakistan (ODI tri-series)
February/March – ICC Champions Trophy Pakistan 2025
April – Pakistan to New Zealand (three ODIs and five T20Is)
May – Bangladesh in Pakistan (three ODIs and three T20Is)
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