The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has principally agreed to host Pakistan for one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 (T20) series in December this year, sources told Headlines Todayon Monday.

According to sources, three ODIs and two T20 matches would be played between the two cricket-crazy neighbouring countries.

On July 5, Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai, after meeting his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani, had said that the resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral cricket series was a matter to be decided by the BCCI and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He had also noted that “there are issues of security as well”.

The Indo-Pak bilateral cricket series stopped after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 even though the two teams have come face to face in multi-team events, including the ICC World Cup.

The PCB has been pushing hard for the resumption of ties, but the BCCI was showing reluctance citing its team’s busy international schedule. A desperate PCB had offered to host the Indians on neutral venue because of the danger of touring the terror-hit nation, which has been facing considerable revenue loss due to international teams’ refusal to play in Pakistan.

No international team has played in Pakistan since the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 in which some visiting players were injured in firing by terrorists.