After days of uncertainty over issuance of visas, Pakistan’s national cricket team finally departed for India on Wendesday.

The team left from Lahore to Dubai, where they will stay for nine hours before leaving for India. The journey from the National Cricket Academy to the Lahore airport was made in bulletproof vehicles.

The team will arrive in Hyderabad in India at 8 pm, where a practice session has been scheduled for the following day.

Pakistan’s first warmup game is scheduled to be played in Hyderabad on September 29. The game will be played without a crowd.

The team’s campaign will officially begin on October 6 with a game against the Netherlands. Pakistan will play hosts India on October 14.