BCCI agrees to host Pakistan in 3 ODIs in December – Cricket News Update
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally given approval for resuming bilateral cricketing ties with arch rivals Pakistan.
Sources from inside the Indian cricket board claimed on Monday morning that both BCCI and PCB have agreed in principle to resume cricket ties, with India hosting Pakistan cricket team in a three-match One Day International series and two T20 Internationals,
in December this year.
Later the BCCI also confirmed it officially, through a media release which read, "The Working Committee of the BCCI met in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 earlier today. Several key issues were discussed. It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the
Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012 - January 2013. The modalities will be worked out shortly."
However, an approval from the Indian government is still needed to go ahead with the series. If approved by the Indian government, this will be the first time since January 2008 that both the team will go head to head in a bilateral series.
BCCI vice president and the chairman of Indian Premier League,
Rajiv Shukla, said that they have decided to resume cricketing relations with arch rivals following a number of appeals from their PCB counterparts.
"We played after 1965 war and the 1971 war and even after Kargil. People also wanted cricket to be played. Our decision was taken after PCB appealed to us. They also spoke to BCCI president N http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srinivasan-c90829. I spoke with the government as well," he said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 attacks in November 2008 suspended political as well as cricketing relations between the two countries.
India have a packed schedule this year, which will see them hosting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in late 2012 and early 2013.
The limited-overs series between India and Pakistan will be accommodated in the middle of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 tour of India. The Poms, after finishing the Test and T20 series against the Men in Blue, will fly back for Christmas and New Year break, between
December 22 and January 3.
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