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The New Delhi four-day test is scheduled to start on February 4. \u003cbr/\u003ePolitical tension has kept India and Pakistan from visiting each other's homelands for a test, for a decade.\u003cbr/\u003eThey haven't played tests against one another in either country since Pakistan toured India in 1987, when Pakistan won the series 1-0.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Indian team flew into Calcutta Thursday after a tour of New Zealand.\u003cbr/\u003eAs a precaution, cricket authorities had changed plans to have the team touch down at Bombay and kept the destination secret before arrival.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking to reporters, the Manager of the Pakistani cricket team, Shaharyar Khan said the team welcomes Shiv Sena's decision to withdraw its threat.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE ( English ) :\u003cbr/\u003e\"We were not going to flinch, we were not going to be cowed, we were not going to be browbeaten by a very small minority. But if they have, in their wisdom, decided to withdraw their protest, we greatly welcome this.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION : Shaharyar Khan, Manager, Pakistani Cricket team\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier, the Federal Police Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, flew to Bombay to persuade the Shiv Sena Chief, Bal Thackeray, to suspend the agitation against the India - Pakistan matches.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a joint statement released by Thackeray and Advani, the Shiv Sena announced its decision to call off the protest.\u003cbr/\u003eThe government said in the statement that while it agreed with Shiv Sena that Pakistan was behind a Muslim insurgency in Indian-held Kashmir, it believed \"a growing interaction between the two countries was desirable\" in the fields of sports, fine arts and\u003cbr/\u003eculture.\u003cbr/\u003eThackeray's fiercely loyal followers said they would obey his instructions.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Shiv Sena and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party are governing partners in Maharashtra, the state in which Bombay is the capital.\u003cbr/\u003eThe two parties share a Hindu nationalist philosophy and deep suspicion of Islamic Pakistan. \u003cbr/\u003eBut as the national governing party, the BJP has adopted a more pragmatic approach and must answer to more centrist federal governing partners.\u003cbr/\u003eBut ultimately , it was politics that prompted the decision.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE ( English ) :\u003cbr/\u003e\"At the end of the discussion, Bala Saheb said that he would not like the Congress to take advantage of any difference of perception between Shiv Sena and BJP. So in response to the statement made by the Prime minister, he has decided to suspend the protest move against series of matches for this year only.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Pramod Mahajan, BJP leader\u003cbr/\u003eThe captain of the Pakistani cricket team, Wasim Akram, said he was glad to be in India with his team and was looking forward to playing the Indian side.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE ( English ) \u003cbr/\u003e\"There is always a difference - there is always extra power you have when you play against India. And the same with Indians - they do the same with Pakistan. I think it is tradition. Its fun playing against India again after a long time - I am looking forward to it.\u003cbr/\u003eThe whole Pakistan team is looking forward to it. \" SUPER CAPTION: Wasim Akram, Captain, Pakistani Cricket team\u003cbr/\u003eTeam manager, Shaharyar Khan, said it was Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif whose resolve to go ahead with the tour made it happen despite all the threats.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE ( English ):\u003cbr/\u003e\"He decided that the team will go despite all these problems and it will go to promote goodwill between the people of Pakistan and India. And we are here therefore, to honour your invitation. We are here to dignify the sporting contests between our two countries. And we are here because we have been given assurances of security and safety. \"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION : Shaharyar Khan, Manager, Pakistani Cricket team\u003cbr/\u003eOutrage against Shiv Sena had grown in India after a mob ransacked the Bombay headquarters of the Indian cricket authority on Monday, damaging trophies that included the prized 1983 World Cup.\u003cbr/\u003eShiv Sena denied responsibility for the attack, but Thursday police arrested 14 of the party's members in the case.\u003cbr/\u003eIndia and Pakistan have fought three wars in the last five decades and continue to have clash across the border of Kashmir, a territory divided between them.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi and Bombay - January 20 and 21, 1999 \u003cbr/\u003e1.Exterior Taj palace hotel where the Pakistani cricket team will be staying\u003cbr/\u003e2.Security men guarding the hotel\u003cbr/\u003e3.Bus carrying Pakistani team arriving at the hotel\u003cbr/\u003e4.Pakistani cricket team walking into the hotel\u003cbr/\u003e5.Cutaway photographers\u003cbr/\u003e6.Pakistani cricket team standing\u003cbr/\u003e7.Pakistani team captain Wasim Akram\u003cbr/\u003e8.Pakistani cricket players\u003cbr/\u003e9.Pakistani team going into the hotel\u003cbr/\u003e10.Pakistani Captain, Wasim Akram, manager, Shaharyar Khan coming in for presser \u003cbr/\u003e11.Cutaway press\u003cbr/\u003e12.SOUNDBITE ( English ) - Shaharyar Khan, Pakistani Cricket team manager\u003cbr/\u003eBombay, January 2, 1999\u003cbr/\u003e13.Shiv Sena leader, Bal Thackeray, getting out of car\u003cbr/\u003e14.Thackeray walking to meet India's Home Minister, L.K. Advani\u003cbr/\u003e15.Mid shot of Indian Home Minister, L.K. Advani\u003cbr/\u003e16.Advani sitting with Thackeray\u003cbr/\u003e17.Mid shot Bal Thackeray\u003cbr/\u003e18.Pan from press to BJP leader reading Thackeray's statement\u003cbr/\u003e19.Cutaway Shiv Sena leaders\u003cbr/\u003e20.Press\u003cbr/\u003e21.SOUNDBITE ( English ) - Pramod Mahajan , BJP leader\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi, January 21 , 1999\u003cbr/\u003e22.Pan from Pakistani captain and team manager to press/photographers\u003cbr/\u003e23.Cutaway photographer\u003cbr/\u003e24.SOUNDBITE ( English ): Wasim Akram, Captain, Pakistani Cricket team\u003cbr/\u003e25.Press Conference\u003cbr/\u003e26.Cutaway Pakistani Ambassador in India\u003cbr/\u003e27.SOUNDBITE ( English ) - Shaharyar Khan , Pakistan cricket team manager\u003cbr/\u003eJanuary 20 , 1999 , Bombay\u003cbr/\u003e28.Various of protest against Shiv Sena's threats to disrupt the India-Pakistan cricket \u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex 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