Multan: The England cricket team led by Ben Stokes has arrived on a Pakistan tour to participate in the three-match Test series. The English team reached Multan on Wednesday. The England team will start practice for the series on October 4 after two days of rest. The three-match Test series between Pakistan and England will begin on October 7 in Multan. The second Test match of the series will also be played on the same ground. The series will conclude with the third Test to be played in Rawalpindi from October 24 to 28.

England team has reached Pakistan with full strength

England has arrived on a Pakistan tour with its full strength. England had made a great impact on its last tour of Pakistan. Harry Brook had shone brightly on the last tour. England players are in great form and are ready to challenge Pakistan, whose morale is broken after the 0-2 defeat in the Test series against Bangladesh. There was doubt over Ben Stokes coming on the Pakistan tour due to injury, but he is fully fit and ready to lead the team against Pakistan.

England squad for Pakistan tour:

Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Ben Stokes (captain), Brydon Carse, Rehan Ahmed, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Josh Hull, Jack Leach, Matthew Potts, Shoaib Bashir and Ollie Stone.

Pakistan squad for the first Test of the series:

Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), and Shaheen Shah Afridi.