The Pakistan Cricket Board is leaving no stone unturned as it seeks to get its venues ready for the Champions Trophy tournament – the first ICC tournament on its territory this century. Having a world event in Pakistan would be the final seal of approval,

Check out PCB shifts tri-series with New Zealand and South Africa to Lahore and Karachi. Read more on CricTracker.

The tri-series, which will serve as a precursor to the ICC Champions Trophy, is scheduled to begin on February 19 in Karachi.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has relocated February's tri-nation One-Day International (ODI) series with New Zealand and South Africa from Multan to Lahore and Karachi, two cities set to host the Champions Trophy later in the month.

Fakhar Zaman is confident of returning to international cricket after eight months when Pakistan hosts the Champions Trophy next month.

The three venues in Pakistan - Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore - are far from being ready for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 which has forced in shift of ODI tri-series venue by PCB.

Earlier, reports claimed that the renovation works at the stadiums in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi still have a long way to go, with fencing work, floodlight placement, and finishing new multi-story enclosures being incomplete.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have shifted the venue for the upcoming ODI tri-nation series featuring Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa.