Pak to kick start India tour with a T20

Karachi, November 02: Pakistan cricket team will begin the much anticipated India tour with a Twenty20 clash in Bangalore on 25th December, the BCCI announced on Thursday.

The Indian Home Ministry had cleared the Pakistan cricket team's upcoming tour of India on Wednesday.

The team will touch down at Bangalore on 22nd December and will kick-off their campaign against the hosts with a T20 international at the city's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The visitors will then move to Ahmedabad for the second T20 game (27th December) before heading to Chennai for the first of the three-match ODI series on 30th December.

The second ODI of the series will be played at Kolkata on 3rd January, while the third and final one-dayer will be held at Delhi on 6th January, a BCCI release stated.

The arch-rivals have not played a bilateral series since Pakistan's tour of India in 2007. The cricketing ties between the two nations were snapped after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Schedule:
December 25: 1st T20 International at Bengaluru
December 27: 2nd T20 International at Ahmedabad
December 30: 1st ODI at Chennai
January 3 : 2nd ODI at Kolkata
January 6 : 3rd ODI at Delhi.