Karachi, Peshawar off India tour

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />NEW DELHI: Karachi and Peshawar are going to miss their tryst with the <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/498202.cms" target="_blank">Indian cricket team</a> in the forthcoming <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/501644.cms" target="_blank">tour of Pakistan</a>.Both venues have been ruled out in the Yashovardhan Azad committee report. <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/497822.cms" target="_blank">PCB</a> chief Rameez Raja has gone public, saying that any request from the Indian government would be considered.<br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/503644.cms" alt="/photo/503644.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Jagmohan Dalmiya</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">According to the report "venues in Pakistan are limited. Risky venues have been ruled out. The venues cleared by us are as <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/500954.cms" target="_blank">safe</a> as any in India." The <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/500133.cms" target="_blank">BCCI</a> is meeting on Friday to finalise the schedule.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Speaking to The Times of India, Yashovardhan Azad, however, said that he would only speak after submitting the report to the ministry of home affairs (MHA). "I will not like to comment on this right now," he said.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">The report further goes on to state that there would be no preliminary three-day matches and that the tour will "straightaway start with Test matches and one dayers." </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">The report expresses satisfaction over the security arrangements and states that there would be no security provided by the Indians on the tour. According to sources, the committee comprising of Azad, inspector general of police in charge of VIP security in the MHA, Ratnakar Shetty, joint secretary BCCI and communications officer Amrit Mathur were "overwhelmed by the warmth" displayed by members of the Pakistani team, the PCB and officials.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold=""><formid=367815></formid=367815></span></div> </div>