Pakistan have proposed early starts to the Tests and one-day internationals against India to help deal with the winter weather and short days.

Pakistan's Tests against England [Images] in the recent series at Faisalabad and Lahore [Images] were badly hit by bad light and fog forcing early closures to the playing days.

Some 70 overs were lost in the second Test in Faisalabad and a similar number in the final Test in Lahore despite use of floodlights.

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India who tour from Jan. 6 to Feb. 18 are scheduled to play their first two Tests at the same venues in the central province of Punjab.

"The weather we know is a big problem at this time of the year for us. But we have to deal with it because this is the only time we can hold our international home season," a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Monday.