The cricket teams of Pakistan and India arrived here on Saturday to play the third Test.
The officials of local administration and Rawalpindi Cricket Association received the two teams at the Islamabad Airport.
The third and final match of the Test series will be played at Pindi Cricket Stadium from Tuesday.
The two teams are currently tied at 1-1 in the Test series, the Indians winning at Multan and Pakistan levelling at Lahore.
The Indians will have nets in the morning and the Pakistanis in the evening at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
The teams:- Pakistan-Inramam-ul-Haq (captain), Taufeeq Umar Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Asim Kamal, Misbahul Haq Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper) Shoaib Akhter, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria, Shoaib Malik. Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Fazle Akbar, Abdul Rauf and Rana Naveedul Hassan.
India:- Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ventaksai Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Akash Chopra, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Parthiv Patel, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Laxmipathi Balaji, Ajit Agarkar.