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Indo-Pak cricket series called off

ON THE TERROR TRAIL

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Press Trust Of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 3:14 AM IST

The current Indo-Pak chill spread to cricket on Thursday, when the government called off India’s cricket tour of Pakistan scheduled next month, formally sealing the fate of the series in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai.

Questions were raised about the possibility of the tour taking place ever since terrorists from Pakistan attacked Mumbai last month and the government today conveyed to the BCCI its reasons for cancelling the tour, citing “recent developments as well as the overall circumstances prevailing at present”.

“The final decision has been taken. We have got the letter from the sports ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs not to proceed with the tour”, senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla told.

“The government has declined permission to go ahead with the tour taking into account the recent developments in Mumbai as well as the overall circumstances prevailing at present”, Shukla said.

He said the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the Sports Minister M S Gill had also personally called up Monohar to convey the decision.

India were scheduled to play three Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 match during their tour of Pakistan from January 6 to February 28 but the tour had been thrown into jeopardy in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks.

The BCCI had all along maintained that it was up to the government to decide on the fate of the tour. The BCCI also ruled out playing Pakistan in a neutral venue.

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