India rout Pakistan 4-0 to seal Davis Cup qualifiers spot.

LAHORE -- Veteran Leander Paes improved his Davis Cup record to 44 doubles wins Saturday as India thrashed Pakistan 4-0 in the Asia/Oceania tie played at a neutral venue due to political tensions between the arch-rivals.The 46-year-old Paes combined with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan to serve out PakistanA's teenage pair of Muhammad Shoaib and Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6- 1,6-3 in the Kazakhstan capital of Nur-Sultan.Paes,who overtook ItalyA's

Nicola Pietrangeli as Davis CupA's most successful doubles player with his 43rd win last year,won the doubles match to seal IndiaA's berth in the qualifiers.Sumit Nagal then turned out for the reverse single to outplay Yousaf Khalil 6-1,6-0 in 32 minutes and the fifth match was not played.India will now travel to Croatia -- two-time Davis Cup champions -- next year for the world group...