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The minor security irritants concerning India's tour of Pakistan were finally ironed out on Monday with the Pakistan Cricket Board announcing fresh dates for the five one-day internationals in its final itinerary.
The PCB was forced to readjust the dates of all the one-dayers on account of Moharram.
The Indian team will arrive in Lahore on January 5 and will play the three Tests as scheduled in Lahore (January 13-17), Faisalabad (January 21-25) and Karachi from January 29 to February 2.
However, the one-day series will start from Peshawar where the first game will be played on February 6.
Rawalpindi will host the second game on February 11 and the third will be played at Lahore on February 13. The fourth match will be at Multan on February 16 with the final match in Karachi on February 19.
The one-day series was originally proposed to start from Rawalpindi on February 8, but taking into consideration the holy month of Moharram, in which processions are taken out, the PCB, in consultation with the interior ministry, made the adjustments.
"There are minimum adjustments and they have been made so that the respective host cities can provide as much security cover to the citizens during the Moharam processions as much as to the two teams. Naturally, Moharram is a holy month and its sanctity has to be maintained," PCB director (Board Operations) Abbas Zaidi said.
Itinerary:
January 5: Arrival in Lahore
January 7-9: Three-dayer at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
January 13-17: First Test, Lahore
January 21-25: Second Test, Faisalabad
January 29-Feb 2: Third Test, Karachi
February 6: 1st ODI at Peshawar
February 11: 2nd ODI at Rawalpindi
February 13: 3rd ODI at Lahore
February 16: 4th ODI at Multan
February 19: 5th ODI at Karachi.