LAHORE, Feb 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Monday that it had requested its Indian counterpart to change the venue of the second Test from Ahmedabad to any other venue of Test status on security grounds.

The team is scheduled to leave for India on Feb 25 after six years to play three Tests and five One-day Internationals. The itinerary is still to be announced despite the fact that time is running short.

" After receiving the report of the security team that recently visited India, the PCB has requested BCCI to change the venue of the second Test from Ahmedabad to any other venue of Test status in India on grounds of security. In making the request PCB wished to preserve and strengthen the bilateral relations that have enhanced at the public and government levels after the resumption of cricketing series between the two countries," a PCB press release stated.

Meanwhile, one of the two-member security team which visited India, SSP Sohail Khan met the PCB chairman here on Monday to apprise him of the details of his visit to India. Sohail, with PCB general manager cricket operations Zakir Khan visited India.

APP adds from New Delhi: India on Sunday asked Pakistan to reconsider their decision regarding Test match in Ahmedabad during the upcoming cricket series.

"The Ministry of External Affairs has written to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry asking them to reconsider the decision," BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla was quoted as having said while talking to Press Trust of India (PTI).

Pakistan Cricket Board had earlier sent a letter to BCCI asking to consider the shifting of Test match from Ahmedabad to some other venue.

"The government has told Pakistan that it is committed to providing full security and did not envisage any problem with the match being played in Ahmedabad," he said.

The request was made following a one-hour meeting that External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh held with the BCCI vice-president at his residence last night, said a news report.

"Barring Ahmedabad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has no reservation over other venues," Shukla said and added, all communications were being made at the government level and the itinerary for the tour, slated to begin on Feb 25, would be finalised in the next few days.