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Karachi: Sri Lanka will split their tour to Pakistan in two parts i.e. January and February, playing in total, three ODIs and two Tests. A gap in between of over two weeks Sri Lanka hosts five One-day series against India.
After much negotiation and tweaking of provisional itineraries, Sri Lanka will now arrive in Pakistan on January 18 to play three day-night ODIs, leave and then come back on February 14th to play two Tests.
The three ODIs will now be played in Karachi and Lahore, with the port city
hosting the first two ODIs back-to-back. "We have received a request from SLC
for the change and it has been agreed upon," Salim Altaf, chief operating
officer PCB, told.
Karachi's National Stadium then hosts the first two ODIs on January 20 and 21.
The third ODI will be played in Lahore on January 24.
The gap in between allows Sri Lanka to ink in a series against India, something their sports minister Gamini Lokuge said was "60% certain" recently. Though BCCI officials have confirmed that contact has been made unofficially with Sri Lanka for a possible ODI series in between, they maintain they will consider a series against Sri Lanka only after they get a response from New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on their request for an additional Test for India's tour in March. That series starts on March 6 and currently includes two Tests, five ODIs and one Twenty20.
