India to tour Pakistan in March

India's tour of Pakistan will start on March 1, and will include three Tests and five one-day internationals. Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of the Indian board, confirmed this after a committee meeting in Kolkata. "The detailed itinerary is still on the drawing board," he said, according to a report by the Press Trust of India. "We are talking to Pakistan board officials on this."

Mapping out the Indian team's programme for the next few months, Dalmiya said that the Pakistan series will be followed by a tour of Bangladesh, for two Tests and three ODIs. Then, after resting for a couple of months, the players will be off for the Asia Cup in July, before taking part in a one-day triangular series involving Australia and Pakistan in August. "The exact venue of the tri-series is yet to be finalised," said Dalmiya. "It will either be in Scotland, Ireland or Holland."

India are also scheduled to play three one-dayers in England in September, just before the Champions Trophy, which starts on Sept 10.