Zimbabwe Cricket has accepted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s invitation to participate in a T20I tri-series after Afghanistan have withdrawn from their the series Pakistan next month following the death of three local cricketers that the Afghanistan Cricket Board said were due to military strikes in Paktika province.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were scheduled to compete in the tournament set to be held in Rawalpindi and Lahore from November 17 to 29. However, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced its withdrawal from the series, citing the deaths of three cricketers in recent attacks.
The ACB said in a statement that the three players travelled to Sharana, the capital of Paktika province, to play in a friendly match and later died during the strikes after returning home to th