England have cut short the ongoing one-day series against India following Wednesday's terrorist strikes in Mumbai and will fly back home on Saturday morning. Lalit Modi, the head of the BCCI's fixtures committee, and Hugh Morris, the ECB's managing director, both confirmed the Test series would still go ahead.

"We need to make sure the security's right - but if it's not safe then we won't be coming back," Pietersen told Sky Sports. 

"The Test series will go ahead, and there is no problem with that," said Modi ."We are sure the first Test will go ahead as scheduled in Ahmedabad [from December 11]. But there is a problem over hosting the second Test in Mumbai [from December 19].The second Test has been shifted to Chennai. 

The strikes, including blasts and shooting incidents, were spread out across the city but the majority of them were in south Mumbai, the main tourist hub. In the early hours of Thursday morning, a major blaze was sweeping through the Taj Mahal hotel, a city landmark and the scene of one such attack, which was to host the two Test teams and was where the England side stayed during their warm-up period in Mumbai.  

It is also where Middlesex were set to check-in on Thursday for their Champions League fixtures.

The Brabourne Stadium, venue of the second Test and scheduled to host three Champions League games, is in the middle of the area where most attacks have taken place. It is also the vicinity where most foreign tourists are likely to stay.