The Centre assured foolproof security to the Pakistan team during its upcoming India [ Images ] tour to play limited over cricket series beginning December 25.
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"We will provide foolproof security to the Pakistan cricket team," Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh said.
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His comments came in the wake of Shiv Sena [ Images ] supremo Bal Thackeray [ Images ] opposition to the Indo-Pak cricket series, saying his party won't allow Pakistan cricket team to play in India.
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"The matches will happen as per schedule. Those opposing it should take the game as game only," Singh said.
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Home Ministry sources said the Central government will ensure three-tier security to the Pakistan cricket team during the matches and their practice in stadiums.
The series would comprise three ODIs and two Twenty20 [ Images ] Internationals between December 2012 and January 2013. The ODI matches will be played in Chennai, Kolkata [ Images ] and New Delhi [ Images ] and the Twenty20 games in Bangalore and Ahmedabad [ Images ].
The two countries have not played a bilateral series since Pakistan's tour of India in 2007. Cricket ties between the two countries were snapped following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks [ Images ].
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] and his then Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani [ Images ] had watched the high-profile World Cup semi-final in Mohali last year.
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