So finally the long wait of five years has come to an end. Reports making way from sports arena have it that India will play a limited-overs home series against Pakistan, five years after the traditional rivals last met in a bilateral encounter.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday agreed to host the series, three ODIs and two T20 games, beginning in December-end this year.

"It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan team for a short series between December 26 and January 10. The modalities will be worked out shortly," BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a press release.

BCCI vice president and IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata would host the ODI matches, while Bangalore and Ahmedabad would be the venues for the T20 games. "I have spoken to the home and external affairs ministries, and they are okay with the proposed series," Shukla told the sources.

He said it would be treated as a home series against Pakistan and there won't be any revenue-sharing, something the Pakistan Cricket Board was insisting on. The last Indo-Pak series was played on Indian soil in 2007. Cricketing ties between the neighbours were snapped after the 26/11 attack in Mumbai in 2008. The teams have, however, met each other in the World Cup, Asia Cup and Champions Trophy.

Hope the news makes all you cricket buffs happy after all what can be more exciting than watching an Indo-Pak match!

Source: TNN