India’s tour of Pakistan schedule declared

India will go ahead with their tour of Pakistan early next year despite last weekend’s bomb blast at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. India will arrive on January 4, and will play three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 international, as planned in the original official itinerary approved by both boards.

“India will play a Test and a one-day international in Rawalpindi because the itinerary was approved by India before the Islamabad blast,” Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi said. “We hope normalcy returns by the time India tours us.”