India to stage Pakistan tour in March

India will travel toPakistan in March for their first test tour in more than 14years, the Indian cricket board announced today…

India will travel toPakistan in March for their first test tour in more than 14years, the Indian cricket board announced today.

"We are touring Pakistan from the first week of March to themiddle of April. It has been decided that we will play threetests and five one-dayers," Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told reporters.

India have not gone on a full tour of Pakistan since a drawnfour-match series in 1989-90 owing to political tensions overthe disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

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