The national champions of Pakistan will play a four-day challenge match against their Indian counterparts from Sept. 27 to 30, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Monday.The Pakistan and Indian cricket boards hope the match will encourage more bilateral exchanges. An Indian Under-19 team returns home on Monday after completing a tour in Pakistan.
The first-class game between India's Uttar Pradesh and Pakistan's Sialkot had been postponed from Sept. 12 due to time constraints.
"The match is final and the Sialkot team has left today for Dharamasala where the match is being held," PCB official Subhan Ahmed told Reuters.
Sialkot, which includes Test players Shoaib Malik [Images], Mohammad Asif [Images] and Imran Nazir [Images], are the reigning Quaid-e-Azam Trophy champions while Uttar Pradesh are the Ranji Trophy winners.
"We wanted this match to be held on time so that we can work on other bilateral proposals," he added.
Pakistan and India resumed bilateral cricket ties in 2004 after a four-year suspension following the Kargil war.
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