After more than seven years, India is now ready to resume cricketing relation with Pakistan, as news reveals that the Pakistan team will tour India in December this year.
The Indian cricket board has said in a statement that three One Day Internationals [ODIs]o Twenty20 matches have been planned for December.
On the other hand, the Pakistan Cricket Board has welcomed the proposal and this would bring happiness to millions of cricket fans allover.
The last India-Pakistan Cricket series was played in 2007-08 when Pakistan toured India. India-Pakistan relations foiled after 26/11 Mumbai Attack. However, the Indian government has not yet approved the series in December.
Talking to media, an official from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said, “It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012-January 2013.”
He said, “The modalities will be worked out shortly.”
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said media that Chennai, Calcutta and Delhi will host the One Day Internationals and the Twenty20 [T20s] will be played in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
In Pakistan, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said in Lahore, “The decision is great and we welcome it. It seems that millions of cricket fans have their wishes fulfilled.”
He said, “We are still waiting for a BCCI invitation for the series, but it seems it will surely be held later this year.”
