Govt gives go ahead for Pak team to play Cricket in India after five years
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New Delhi, October 31: The government on Tuesday gave a go ahead to a cricket series between India and Pakistan to be played in India.
NThe series of three one dayers and two T 20 matches will be played from 25th December.
The Home Ministry has given the security clearance to the series which paved the way of Pakistan cricket team to play matches in India with the host team.
Apart from the security issues, the Home Ministry also gives visa clearance to Pakistani spectators.
Several top Pakistani dignitaries are expected to visit India to watch the cricket matches.
The series would comprise three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals between December 2012 and January 2013.
The ODI matches are likely to be played in Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi and the Twenty20 games in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
In July, the BCCI had decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the neighbouring country for a short series in December 2012-January 2013, to be sandwiched between the Test and ODI legs of the England team's tour of India.
The arch-rivals have not played a bilateral series since Pakistan's tour of India in 2007 after cricket ties were snapped following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his then Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani had watched the high-profile World Cup semi-final in Mohali last year.
NThe series of three one dayers and two T 20 matches will be played from 25th December.
The Home Ministry has given the security clearance to the series which paved the way of Pakistan cricket team to play matches in India with the host team.
Apart from the security issues, the Home Ministry also gives visa clearance to Pakistani spectators.
Several top Pakistani dignitaries are expected to visit India to watch the cricket matches.
The series would comprise three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals between December 2012 and January 2013.
The ODI matches are likely to be played in Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi and the Twenty20 games in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
In July, the BCCI had decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the neighbouring country for a short series in December 2012-January 2013, to be sandwiched between the Test and ODI legs of the England team's tour of India.
The arch-rivals have not played a bilateral series since Pakistan's tour of India in 2007 after cricket ties were snapped following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his then Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani had watched the high-profile World Cup semi-final in Mohali last year.
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