New Delhi, Online Desk. Every cricketer dreams to play at least one match at his home ground. But Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali had to wait for 12 years for this. On Monday, when Azhar was heading towards the ground in the match against Australia, he might have been thanking the Pakistan Cricket Board in his mind.

He said that he has played many first class matches on this ground. But his Test debut happened outside Pakistan. There was a time that I would not get a chance to play at my home ground. But I finally got a chance to play on this ground. Talking about Azhar’s career, he has played 93 Test matches for Pakistan and scored 7,000 runs in which 19 centuries. Are included.

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Why was the test match not being held in Lahore?

After what happened to the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan on 3 March 2009. The Test match was not being in Lahore due to security reasons. In that incident, the Sri Lankan team narrowly escaped the terrorist attack. The hosting rights of Gaddafi Stadium suspended after that attack. Now after 13 years, the Test has returned at this iconic Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan, which has brought back old memories of many players.

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Azhar is not the first cricketer who is emotional about the match to be held at Gaddafi Stadium after such a long time

However, Azhar not the first cricketer who emotional about the match to be at the Gaddafi Stadium after such a long time. Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has also remembered his old days by tweeting. He has written that the last match he played at this ground was in 2006. Recalling the horrific incident of 2009, he wrote that it took 13 years for the rematch to happen. Apart from the third Test, the Australian team will play the three-match ODI series and the only T20 match at this ground.