In a fresh friendly gesture to Pakistan, India has decided to resume the bilateral cricket series which was put on hold in retaliation against the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai.
The decision was announced by foreign minister S M Krishna here on Wednesday, strengthening the growing estimate, including in the country's security establishment, that Pakistan may have been fully reprieved over 26/11.
The announcement came just after the disclosure that Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani expatriate who along with David Coleman Headley did the recce for the mass slaughter in Mumbai, had told a US court that he was acting at the instance of the Pakistani government and ISI.
Krishna said India would take up Rana's statements with Islamabad.
No window before March 2012
There's no way India can play Pakistan before March next year when the Pakistan team is anyway scheduled to visit India. Immediately after IPL ends on May 28, Team India flies to the West Indies for 5 ODIs, 3 Tests and a T20 match. It then flies straight to England (4 Tests, 5 ODIs and one T20). That tour ends on September 16; the Champions League begins some 10 days later. From October to December, India will host England and West Indies. A few days later, it leaves for Australia for a two-and-a-half month tour. Source
