India has decided in principle to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan.
Before the World Cup semifinal at Mohali on March 30, India last played against Pakistan in an Asia Cup match in June 2010 at Dambula in Sri Lanka.
The last bilateral cricket series between the archrivals was held in 2007-2008 when the Pakistani team visited India.
Indian government sources said the time of the visit by the Indian team to Pakistan, the venues of the matches and other logistical issues would be decided by the cricket boards of the two countries.
The decision to resume cricket ties with Pakistan came after Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh of India and Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan had met at the Mohali match and watched the high-voltage semifinal.
The sources said if everything goes according to plans, the Indian cricket team will visit Pakistan first and the cricket team of that country will pay a return visit.
However, there is no slot available for Indian cricket team to visit Pakistan in the near future. According to the tour schedule prepared by the International Cricket Council, Pakistan should visit India for a three-Test and five one-day internationals series in March 2012.
No international cricket team has visited Pakistan after the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on March 3, 2009, when six members of the visiting team were injured. Six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were also killed in the incident.