Cricket comes home again: Lahore all set to host PSL matches
International players will be arriving in Lahore on Monday night. Photo: OINN
(Dunya News) – With the Pakistan Super League entering its final stage, Lahore is all geared to host two matches on Tuesday and Wednesday featuring Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings.
Following Sunday night’s match in which Karachi Kings were sweeped by Islamabad United, the former has also arrived in Lahore to make one last attempt to be back in the race to win the trophy.
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Fans that had queued up to buy tickets for the final scheduled for Karachi. Photo: OINN
Amid tight security, the teams were escorted to their hotel. International players will be arriving in Lahore on Monday night.
Foreign players including Ronchi, Ingram, Bopara and Patel have expressed their consent to play matches in Pakistan while Pietersen, Morgan and Watson will not be travelling to Pakistan for the playoffs.
As Gaddafi Stadium once again gears to host cricket matches, excitement over the PSL matches in Lahore has taken the city by storm. Preparations ahead of the matches have been finalised. Following renovation at the stadium in Lahore, new seats have also been placed in enclosures.
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Renovation work has been completed in the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Photo: OINN
Peshawar Zalmi will face Quetta Gladiators on Tuesday. The team that manages to win will go on to take Karachi Kings on March 21. Both matches will be played in Lahore.
The team that wins the second playoff will go on to fight for the trophy in the final against Islamabad on March 25 in Karachi.
For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.
