The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Tuesday sought the Sports Ministry’s advise on the nationwide staff’s journey to Pakistan for the Davis Cup World Group 1 Play-off tie in opposition to the neighbours at Islamabad in February subsequent 12 months. The AITA’s transfer got here after the International Tennis Federation Tribunal rejected its request to shift the tie to a impartial venue. “We have asked for Sports Ministry’s advise as to what is the policy on travelling to Pakistan. It’s a World Cup of tennis. We are awaiting reply,” AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar instructed PTI. The tie is scheduled to be performed on the Pakistan Sports Complex on February 3 and 4. Dhupar had earlier instructed PTI that the AITA will method the Sports Ministry on Monday and search steerage if they will ship a staff.

India and Pakistan have been final drawn in opposition to one another in 2019 and the tie was scheduled to happen throughout the border because the Indians had hosted the earlier encounter in Mumbai in 2006.

But the AITA managed to shift the tie to a impartial venue, Kazakhstan, citing political tensions between the 2 international locations.

The Indian Davis Cup staff final travelled to Pakistan approach again in 1964 when Akhtar Ali, Premjit Lall and SP Misra helped the guests win the tie 4-0 in Lahore.

The Indian cricket staff final toured Pakistan in 2006 however since then the 2 sides haven’t performed a bilateral collection for greater than a decade because of diplomatic tensions between the neighbouring nations.