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Musharraf cheers as Pakistan rain sixes and fours
Rawalpindi, Mar 16: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today egged on his team, aiming to square the series against India in the second One-Dayer at the Pindi cricket stadium here.
Gen Musharraf will host the Indian team for tea tomorrow at his
presidential palace in Islamabad. Indian High Commissioner Shiv
Shankar Menon will then host a dinner for the team.
The President is also expected to watch either of the two
One-Dayers in Lahore on March 21 and 24. It had earlier been
reported that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will join Gen
Musharraf at either of the One-Dayers. However, the reports were
denied by both Islamabad and New Delhi.
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had recently said a visit by Vajpayee to watch the match would be good for the relations between the two countries.
The India-Pakistan series, being played after a gap of 15 years,
is part of the confidence building measures taken by the two
countries to improve the relations, which reached its lowest after
the December 13 attack on Indian Parliament.
Bureau Report