印巴领导将共同观看板球世界杯赛

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan are due to attend the World Cup cricket¹ semi-final between the two countries in the Indian city of Mohali.

印度、巴基斯坦总理将出席观看在印度城市莫哈利举行的板球世界杯半决赛。

Security is tight ahead of the big match
This is the first time the two sides are playing each other's soil since the 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.

Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours hit a low after Pakistan-based militants² attacked Mumbai.

The match in Mohali is expected to be watched on television by more than a billion people.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is travelling at the personal invitation of his Indian counterpart³, Manmohan Singh, in what is being described as "cricket diplomacy⁴".

The two leaders are are due to arrive in Mohali on Wednesday, enter the ground together, meet the players, and watch the game together.

They are due to return to their respective（分别的） capitals, Delhi and Islamabad, after the end of the match, reports say.

It is not clear whether the two leaders will hold any talks on the sidelines of the game.

"I am going to watch the match. It is too early to expect anything else," Mr Gilani told reporters ahead of the game.

The meeting between the two leaders comes a day after Indian and Pakistani agreed to let their officials visit each others' countries to investigate the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The breakthrough move followed talks between the two sides in Delhi.