Friday, March 4 2005 22:19 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has evinced interest in visiting India to watch one of the matches of the Indo-Pak cricket series beginning next week, saying he would certainly consider such a proposal if invited by New Delhi.

Asked whether he would follow the footsteps of his predecessor and military ruler late General Zia ul Haq in pursuing cricket diplomacy with New Delhi by visiting India to watch the cricket series, he said he could consider it, provided he received an invitation.

"I love watching any sport. I would love watching cricket. (But) I don't believe in going without an invitation anywhere. If there is an invitation, one would certainly like to consider," he told local daily 'The Pakistan Observer'.

Haq had visited India to watch an Indo-Pak cricket match in the late eighties when Rajiv Gandhi was India's Prime Minister. Musharraf, also the Patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), had turned out to watch one of the one-dayers when India visited Pakistan last year for a Test and one-day series after a 14-year gap.