RAWALPINDI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan Cricket Board ne Lahore ki smog ke baais Sri Lanka ke khilaf doosra Test shehar se muntaqil kar diya hai, aur ab ye match apni asal tareekhon 17 se 21 November ko Rawalpindi mein khela jayega.
PCB ke tarjuman Amir Mir ne mangal ko kaha: “Pakistan aur Sri Lanka ke darmiyan doosra Test match, jo 17 se 21 November tak Lahore mein khela jana tha, maujooda mausami halaat ke baais Rawalpindi muntaqil kar diya gaya hai.” Unhon ne kaha ke ye faisla Lahore mein smog ki barhti satah aur hawa ke bigarte mayaar ki wajah se kiya gaya.
Is tabdeeli ke baad do matches ki series ke dono Test, jo World Test Championship 2025-27 ka hissa hain, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium mein khele jayenge, jahan pehla Test pehle hi jari hai.
Lahore ki smog ne aik Test chheen liya
Lahore aik hafte se zyada arse se gehri smog mein ghira hua hai. Peer ko 590 ki air quality reading ke saath ye duniya ki aloodgi ki fehrist mein sab se oopar tha, jo khatarnak had se bohat aage hai, aur mangal ko bhi is ki hawa ko intehai ghair sehat bakhsh qarar diya gaya. Qaddafi Stadium mein paanch din khule aasman tale khelne ka matlab hota ke khiladi aur tamashai subah se shaam tak yehi hawa saans mein lete.
Smog ki wajah se aik Test match ka shehar se chale jana is baat ka wazeh paimana hai ke shehar ki sardiyan kitni kharab ho chuki hain. Jaisa ke Thursday Times ke aik idariye mein mangal ko kaha gaya, Lahore ki hawa ko hawa ka rukh badalne se zyada kuch darkar hai.
Pehle Test mein Pakistan ka palra bhari
Maidan mein Rawalpindi mein Pakistan ka palra bhari hai. Captain Babar Azam ne mangal ko doosre din 434 runs 9 khiladi out par innings declare kar di, jis mein paanch nisf centuriyan shamil thin aur un mein se teen debut karne wale khiladiyon ne banayin. Saud Shakeel ne 93 runs banaye aur do saal se zyada arse mein apni pehli Test century se saat runs door reh gaye, jab leg side par aik short gend un ke gloves ko chhoo kar gayi aur Asitha Fernando ko un ki 100vin Test wicket mil gayi. Arafat Minhas ne 52 runs banaye.
Sri Lanka ne din ka ikhtitam 3 wickets par 114 runs par kiya aur wo ab bhi 320 runs peeche hai, kyunke musalsal doosre din kharab roshni ke baais khel jaldi rokna para. Debut karne wale fast bowler Saqib Khan ne 54 runs ke iwaz do wickets lein aur Test cricket mein apni sirf naveen gend par Dinesh Chandimal ko out kiya, jabke Mohammad Abbas ne bhi ibtida mein wicket li aur Sri Lanka 12 runs par 2 wickets kho baitha. 40 runs par not out Kamindu Mendis aur 22 runs banane wale Dhananjaya de Silva ne floodlights mein innings ko sambhala.
Sri Lanka ki team October ke awail se Pakistan ke daure par hai. Pakistan ne T20 series 2-1 se jeeti aur phir one-day tri-series bhi apne naam ki, jis mein England bhi shamil tha.
