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Pak tour of India from 21 January

By Hasan Masood
1 November 1998



The proposed tour of India by Pakistan after 12 years is likely to start from January 21 and will continue up to March 15, a source close to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday.

The block timing of the seven-week long tour was decided last week in a meeting of the presidents of the Pakistan and the India board -Khaled Mahmood and Raj Singh Dungarpur -- who are now in Dhaka to witness the Wills International Cup.

Pakistan, who last toured India in 1986-87, will play three Tests and as many One-Day Internationals against their arch rivals. The last Test match between the two perennial foes was played when India toured Pakistan in 1989-90 under the captaincy of Kris Srikanth.

Calcutta, Madras and Bangalore have been primarily earmarked as Test venues while the limited-over matches are likely to be played at Chandrigarh's Mohali, Cuttack and Kanpur.


Source: The Daily Star, Bangladesh
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