NEW DELHI: Pakistan wants to host the first bilateral Test tour by India in eight years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Sunday after meeting Indian board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata. <p style="color: #252525;">The tour, comprising three Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 games is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the PCB and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) last year to play five series in the next eight years.</p> <p style="color: #252525;">“We want to resume India-Pakistan series in the UAE,” Khan told reporters after a meeting with BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata on Sunday.</p> <p style="color: #252525;">“Preparations are in full swing. We have to overcome the final hurdle because an India-Pakistan series is more important than any series in world cricket."</p> <p style="color: #252525;">The reluctance of the Indian government to clear bilateral cricket matches against Pakistan due to political tensions has meant the two nations have not contested a Test series since 2007.</p> <p style="color: #252525;">But they continue to meet in multi-nation tournaments like the World Cup or the Champions Trophy.</p> <p style="color: #252525;">Dalmiya said he was hopeful the series will go ahead ─ provided the Modi government gave the green signal.</p>
