Sources told Geo News the choice was taken by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Zimbabwe Cricket Board (ZCB) with common seeing as the ZCB was confronting challenges in regards to backers and television rights.
They said Pakistani group would visit Zimbabwe in the following accessible time.
Triumph in the progressing ODI arrangement in Sri Lanka has lit up Pakistan's shots of fitting the bill for the Champions Trophy competition.
West Indies, the Caribbean group in dispute with Pakistan for the last accessible Champions Trophy opening, is prone to be let alone for the competition in the event that it neglects to secure an ODI arrangement till September.