Australia have confirmed their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years after receiving a go-ahead from governments of both the countries and the players’ association, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.

Australia, who last toured Pakistan in 1998, will play three Tests, an equal number of ODIs and one T20 match between March 4 and April 5. CA’s endorsement of the tour has left the IPL franchises in a spot of bother. The tour could force some of the top Australian players to miss the first fortnight of the IPL.

The 15th edition of the IPL is set to begin on March 27. It is learnt that the visiting players will have to undergo a five-day quarantine period, which means they will have to stay isolated up to at least April 11.

The tour begins on March 4 with the opening Test in Rawalpindi, which also hosts the entire white-ball leg of the series ending with a one-off T20 game on April 5. The other two Tests are in Karachi and Lahore.

Test captain Pat Cummins was convinced most frontline Australia players would travel to Pakistan. “I think we’ll get close to a full-strength squad,” Cummins said on Thursday.