Zeenews Sports Bureau

New Delhi: The Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that Pakistan will tour India later this year meaning that the bi-lateral ties between the two nations will be resumed after a gap of five years.

Pakistan will be in India to play 3 ODIs in December.

However, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf while speaking to Zeenews, said the board is yet to receive any official confirmation from their Indian counterpart.

“As of now we have not received any official confirmation,” he said.

He, however, expressed happiness over the media reports saying it is a good omen for both the countries.

“If this is true, I think it is a good omen. The talks between us have always been on the line that cricketing ties should be resumed between India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan are great cricketing nation and they should resume playing with each other,” he said.

The Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties were snapped after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks even though the two teams came face to face in multi-team events such as the 2011 World Cup.

The Pakistan Cricket Board was pushing hard for the resumption of ties but with the BCCI playing hardball citing the busy international schedule.

Pakistan cricket Board (PCB) even offered to host the Indians on neutral turf given the perils of touring the strife-torn nation which is facing considerable revenue loss due to international teams` refusal to play there.

No international team has played in Pakistan after the 2009 Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team during some of the visiting players were injured in firing by terrorists.

India pulled out of the 2009 cricket tour of Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

With PTI inputs