New Zealand arrived in two batches on Saturday and early Sunday, welcomed with a level of security usually reserved for visiting heads of state that included armed guards escorting their bulletproof buses. The Black Cap squad, who are returning for the first time since 2003, are staying in an Islamabad hotel guarded by a heavy paramilitary and a police contingent. They have come from Bangladesh, where they were beaten 2-3 in the Twenty20 international series.
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill — who arrived early Sunday — described how the team were off the plane and straight into an armoured van. “We had a dozen or so police cars behind us, and armed soldiers around us at all times, and a lot of cars in the motorcade. We felt as though we were extremely safe,” Guptill said at a Zoom press conference on Monday. “There is a little bit of nerves but they’re there to protect us,” he said, adding the team were excited to get on the field. Their first ODI against Pakistan will be held in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, just next to the capital Islamabad, followed by two further Tests on Sunday and Tuesday. The two teams will also play five Twenty20 internationals — all in Lahore. The Sri Lankan cricket team were the first to return to Pakistan in 2019, while South Africa visited for a tour in January after a 14 year gap.
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