Union Government of India Approved Indo-Pak Cricket Series

The Union Home Ministry on 30 October 2012 mentioned that it had cleared the Pakistan cricket team’s India visit later this year after detailed discussions with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials on issues related to security and visas for fans who will be visiting for the limited-overs series.

BCCI senior official and Union Minister Rajiv Shukla after meeting with Union Home Secretary RK Singh asserted that BCCI team had discussed all security aspects and assured full proof security to the Visitors.

The coming series is going to be of limited-overs and is likely to begin on December 2012 and continue till January 2013.
Both the teams are going to play three one-day internationals and two Twenty-20 international matches. The ODI matches are planned to be played in Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi.

The liberal visa regime was already signed by both the countries and is supposed to be on operational mode before beginning of cricket series on 25 December 2012.