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New Delhi: A neutral venue for the two countries to play the series, which was one of the options, has also been ruled out, according to a top official who said, "the chances of the tour going on is very minimal."
India were scheduled to play three Test matches, five One-dayers and one-off Twenty20 match during their tour of Pakistan from January 6-February 19.
"After what happened in Mumbai, the chance of an Indian team going to Pakistan is weak. Of course it is for the government to inform the BCCI about the final decision but the situation is such that it appears that cricket between the two countries is unlikely," the source added.
India was due to send a team to assess the security situation there before taking a final decision but even that looks unlikely following the Mumbai mayhem.
The PCB, however, maintains that the country is safe for players and even offered to play the series at a neutral venue in case India refused to tour.
Incidentally, senior Indian cricketers, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag are unwilling to tour Pakistan and have reportedly conveyed their views to the BCCI.
Though Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Dhoni and his men were welcome to his country, sources said the risk of undertaking the tour was high, considering the prevailing security situation in Pakistan, and "no sensible government" would take it.
The BCCI has already made it clear that it would tour Pakistan only after getting a go-ahead from the government which was apprehensive despite assurance of a fool-proof security arrangement.
