October 30, 2012 7:53 PM

printer

Govt approves Pak Cricket Team's Tour of India<br/>

The Home Ministry today cleared Pakistan cricket team&apos;s tour of India for a limited-over series beginning December 25 and said that the government will provide foolproof security to the visiting team. This was conveyed when a delegation of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met Union Home Secretary R K Singh in New Delhi today.BCCI senior official and Union Minister Rajiv Shukla told reporters that the Board delegation discussed with the Home Secretary about security and logistical issues. He said, all security aspects have been discussed and the tour is on.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.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&apos;s tour of India.India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series sincePakistan&apos;s tour of India in 2007 after cricket ties were discontinued following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.