Sri Lanka and Pakistan teams were expected to arrive in Lahore overnight ahead of the third and final T20I match of the series on Sunday in a history-making moment for the country.
The Sri Lankan team, led by all-rounder Thisara Perera after Upul Tharanga pulled out of the fixture, were to depart from Abu Dhabi at 10.00pm and touchdown in Lahore at 2:25am on Sunday (29).
Pakistan squad were expected to depart from Dubai via a different flight and reach Lahore at 1:50am.
The Green Shirts already lead the T20I series 2-0, after beating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the opening game and winning a last-ball thriller in the second T20I.
Sunday’s game will mark the homecoming of top-level international cricket as Sri Lanka become the first major cricket team to visit Pakistan since they were targeted in a deadly ambush in 2009 -- with attack survivors among those returning to the scene.
Tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed in Lahore for the occasion.
They will guard routes to the stadium, and air surveillance and intelligence monitoring is also in place as Pakistan rolls out head-of-state level measures.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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