The Indian team is likely to open its historic tour against Pakistan with a three-day match in Karachi from March 7 after the two cricket boards decided to defer the trip by a few days. According to the itinerary proposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, India would play their first Test on Pakistan soil in 14 years at the National Stadium in Karachi. “Though the itinerary is yet tentative, it has been decided that the Indians would play the first Test at Karachi followed by Tests at Lahore and Faisalabad,” a board source was quoted as saying in The News. “The first two ODIs would be held in Lahore followed by matches at Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Karachi,” he said. Karachi and Peshawar were the two venues which were rejected by South Africa and New Zealand due to security concerns.
