There should be no problem in Rajput to get visa for PAK tour with ZIM – PCB source

Former India Test batsman Lalchand Rajput, who is Zimbabwe’s head coach, will have no trouble getting a visa to tour Pakistan together with the team next month, a source at the Pakistan Cricket Board said.

The PCB source said there should be no problem because visas will be issued for the Zimbabwe Cricket team and Cricket Zimbabwe will present a list of players and officials to the relevant authorities.

“There should be no problem for the Rajput to get a visa,” he said.

Since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, India has not toured Pakistan. The two neighbors also haven’t played a full bilateral Test series since 2007 due to strained political and diplomatic relations.

Zimbabwe Cricket Union President Tavengwa Mukuhlani told Geo Super Channel that Lalchand Rajput was his coach and they were eager to see him go to Pakistan with the team for the series comprising three ODIs and three T20 internationals.

He said they had already requested the concerned authorities to facilitate the Rajput’s trip to Pakistan.

All three ODIs will be played in Multan on October 30, November 1, and 3, followed by the T20 matches in Rawalpindi on November 7, 8, and 10.

The Zimbabwe squad will arrive in Pakistan on October 10 and will practice and train in the COVID-19 biosecurity bubble.

Rajput, who also ran for the position of head coach of the Indian team last year, has been with Zimbabwe since 2018, but the Zimbabwean board has also faced problems pulling him out of India to join the team’s training camp in Harare due to pandemic in India and travel restrictions in many countries