LAHORE (Kashmir English): The tickets for the upcoming two-match Test series between hosts Pakistan and South Africa are now available for fans as the first Test will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from October 12 to 16.
Tickets are available online through the official platform, while physical tickets will be available at TCS Express Centres from October 8 (today).
The second Test will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from October 20 to 24. Both matches are part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025–27.
Tickets for the three T20Is and three ODIs will go on sale online at TCS Express Centres from October 16.
To facilitate fans, entry for the first Test in Lahore on all five days will be free for the General (Hanif Mohammad, Imtiaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Ahmed), First-Class (A.H. Kardar, Abdul Qadir, Sarfraz Nawaz, Javed Miandad), Premium (Rajas, Saeed Anwar) and VIP (Imran Khan, Fazal Mahmood) enclosures.
However, the VIP enclosures at the Iqbal End (Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram), formerly known as the Far End, are priced between Rs800 and RS1,000.
The VIP enclosures at the Jinnah End (Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas), formerly known as the Pavilion End, are also available in the same price range.
The tickets for Gallery enclosures (Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis) at the Iqbal End are available from Rs800 to Rs1,000.
For the second Test in Rawalpindi, fans will be able to watch all five days of action free of cost from the General (Miran Bakhsh, Sohail Tanvir), First-Class (Shoaib Akhtar, Yasir Arafat), Premium (Azhar Mahmood, Javed Miandad) and VIP (Imran Khan, Javed Akhtar) enclosures.
The PCB Gallery located at the main building are priced at Rs800 for the first four days and Rs1,000 on the fifth day, while the Platinum Box per seat are available for Rs8,000 during the first four days and Rs10,000 on the final day.
White-ball series
Part of the white-ball leg, the first T20I will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on October 28, where General enclosure tickets are priced at Rs400, First-Class at Rs600, Premium at Rs700, and VIP at Rs800.
Tickets for the PCB Gallery and Platinum Box are available for Rs1,500 and Rs15,000 per seat, respectively.
The second and third T20Is will take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on October 31 and November 1, with General tickets priced at Rs400, First-Class at Rs600, Premium at Rs700, and VIP at Rs800.
The tickets for the VIP enclosures at the Iqbal End are priced at Rs1,500, while the tickets for VIP enclosures at the Jinnah End (Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas) are available for Rs2,000.
The VIP Gallery (Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis) will be priced at Rs2,500.
The three ODIs between Pakistan and touring South Africa will be played at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on November 4, 6, and 8.
Fans can get General enclosure tickets (Zaheer Abbas, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shahid Nazir) for Rs400, First-Class enclosure tickets (Hanif Mohammad, Taslim Arif, Ijaz Junior) for Rs600, and VIP enclosure tickets (Javed Miandad, Fazal Mahmood) for Rs800.
Tickets for the VIP Ground Floor enclosures (Imran Khan, A.H. Kardar) are available for Rs3,000.
Pakistan and South Africa faced each other 30 times in Test cricket with Pakistan winning only six matches, while South Africa have emerged victorious on 17 occasions. Seven matches have ended in a draw.
Pakistan Test squad
Shan Masood (C), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Asif Afridi, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (WK), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
South Africa Test Squad
Aiden Markram (c), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj (second Test only), Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen and Kyle Verreynne.