BCCI confirms India-Pakistan series itinerary
KARACHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule for the upcoming limited-overs series against Pakistan in India, DawnNews reported on Thursday.
The series comprises two Twenty20s and three One Day International (ODI) matches to be played in December-January.
The Pakistan national team is scheduled to arrive in India on December 22 and the first T20 will be played in Bangalore on December 25 followed by the second T20 match in Ahmedabad on December 27.
The first ODI will be played in Chennai on December 30 with the second one scheduled to be played in Kolkata on January 3 while the final ODI will be played in New Delhi on January 6. The team will return to Pakistan on January 7.
BCCI had earlier invited Pakistan for a bilateral series, the first in five years and just recently secured government clearance for Pakistan to tour India.
The rivals have not played a series since Pakistan’s tour of India in 2007, after cricket ties were snapped following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Since then, the Indian and Pakistani cricket teams have only met in international tournaments.
They clashed in the World Cup semi-final in the north Indian town of Mohali last year, a high-profile game that was attended by the prime ministers of the two countries.
They also played during the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March and the World Twenty20 in September.
sir, two people are identical , two teams are identical. the way they talk, walk,bowl,bat, fielding their faces are similar. still called arch rivals. it is good to play. it is a good confidence building measure between two countries.. it will be nice to see pakistanis in india. people of this country love cricketers. no security risk here. security risk may be in pakistan.
Why this mock series ? Many indians are not interested in inviting Pakistan team to play in India,
The India-Pakistan games are the most fun anyway.
Why not just schedule as many as possible?
A thousand petition must be filed in Indian Supreme Court against this series.
Don’t publis this Dawn, like my last comment
Don’t mix with politics and sports.All Indians are not Maoists like as all Pakistanis are not terrorists.
Very true!
Great.. my best wishes to both teams, may the friendship win.
It is about competition – not friendship.
Who are the two teams going to play harder against?
You don’t have a friend on the field.
i request all Pakistanis to plz read the comments posted by Indians on “Times of India”
You are right. I was really shocked and disgusted to read comments there. I was thinking they would be excited for this series. It shows how much hatred they have for us, really sad
its time to proof dear just pray for Pakistan team if Pak will win there mouth will be well shut.
Would you care to elaborate on why you think indians would be “excited” over this?
When you stab our friendship by terrorist attacks, how do u expect Indian public would welcome you?
Depressing …
Nice…I’m glad you read the ‘comments’ and understood how much people like your country!!!
Then why is India afraid to play Pakistan?
Political drama series…
Winning isn’t everything. Winning is the only thing.