ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting its team to play at least six home and away Test series against India in the next Future Tours Programme (FTP) cycle from 2015 and 2023, which will also include an off-shore home series in the UAE.

According to media reports, the PCB is now waiting for a final confirmation from the BCCI following its working committee meeting, which the PCB has been informed, is expected to take place in the next 15 days.

It will enable the PCB to work out a long-term broadcasting contract with regular India series at its centre.

Earlier, PCB chief Najam Sethi had made it clear that Pakistan`s conditional support for the ICC revamp depends on the promise of said number of series against India.

The change in the PCB stance has taken place on the condition that Pakistan would be involved in bilateral series against all full members, including India.

According to the report, if Indo-Pak series are officially slotted into the eight-year FTP, it could also involve a home series for Pakistan against India in the UAE.

It is learnt that all the nine member boards have confirmed their earlier commitments with PCB until 2020 and are chalking out a fresh plan for the period from 2020 to 2023.

The BCCI could look to slot in as tmany as six series against Pakistan, due to the gaps that are available in the existing FTP calendar. The first of these bilateral series could take place in the UAE in the winter of 2015.