What is the status of the Indian cricket tour to Pakistan?
We have sent a three-member BCCI team including an officer from the home ministry to take stock of the situation. They will return to India either on Saturday or Monday.Depending on what they tell us we will take a decision. Are you also assessing the ground realities through independent means? All countries keep getting intelligence about the ground realities in other countries. We also get these inputs from our people. Of course, these inputs are also taken into account, but the official team has been sent by the BCCI and we are awaiting its report. Will the home ministry talk to someplayers before taking a decision about the tour? We would like to ensure that our players are secure and that they are not exposed to anydanger. I would like to point out that the Pakistani authorities had assured full protection to the New Zealand team before that tour began. But they could not provide them with adequate security. There were bomb blasts near the hotel where they were staying. As a resul
