India, Pakistan to resume cricket ties
India to host Pakistan for three One-Dayers and Twenty20 Internationals at end of year
The matches will be played in between England’s November-January series in India when the tourists return home for 15 days for the Christmas break, according to an agreement between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
“PCB have repeatedly asked us for the resumptions of ties and we have agreed to it. The public wants to see the the two countries playing against eaching other,” Shukla told reporters here.
No objections
The two neighbouring countries last played in 2007-8 when Pakistan toured India. India were to play in Pakistan in 2009 but the tour was cancelled in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack in 2008.
Bus attack
No international team has toured Pakistan after the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009.
Fruitful chat
Contrasting reactions
The announcement drew contrasting reactions from the cricket fraternity of India and Pakistan.
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