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Australia will tour Pakistan for a three-match T20 International series in Lahore as part of their preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday. The day-night matches will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium on January 29, 31 and February 1. Australia are scheduled to arrive in Lahore on January 28 before both teams depart for the global tournament. While Australia will play their World Cup group matches in India, Pakistan will be based in Sri Lanka. Read more: ICC Tournament History: Teams That Declined to Tour Host Countries This will be Australia’s first T20 tour of Pakistan since April 2022, when they last visited the country for a Test series followed by a white-ball series. The Australians, however, did feature in some Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan last year. Meanwhile, Pakistan selectors are set to meet head coach Mike Hesson and captain Salman Ali Agha later this week to finalise the squad for the Australia series and the T20 World Cup. The squad is expected to be announced next week after approval from PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi.Source: NDTV

To play three T20Is and two Tests against Bangladesh, the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning. This is Pakistan’s first Bangladesh tour for a bilateral series after 2015. The Pakistani team took a direct flight to Dhaka from Dubai where they ended their T20 World Cup campaign with a defeat in the hands of Australia in the semis. Before that defeat, they were playing wonderful cricket -- winning five out of five matches. Read: Brazil Qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022 as the first South American team The T20I series will begin on November 19 in Dhaka, while the other two matches will be played on November 20 and 22 at the same venue. After that, both teams will travel to Chattogram where the first Test will begin on November 26. The teams will return to Dhaka to play the second Test which will begin on December 4. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to announce the squad for this series. It is expected that the board will bring some big changes to the squad.