 Security was tight for the England squad at Bangalore Airport
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England's cricketers fly back to London on Saturday with uncertainty still surrounding the two-Test series against India after the Mumbai terror attacks.
Skipper Kevin Pietersen insists none of his players will be forced to return to India if they feel it would be unsafe.
Indian officials insisted the series would go ahead and moved the second Test from Mumbai to Chennai.
England are set to arrive in London at about 1915 GMT on Saturday with a media briefing expected shortly afterwards.
Pietersen told the BBC before leaving India: "We will make every effort to come back for the Tests, but at the end of the day if it's not safe we won't be coming back.
"I'll never force anybody. A man is a man and he can make his own decisions."
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We could have been there in one of those hotels when they were attacked
Former England captain Michael Vaughan, in India with England's performance squad
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The Test series will still be preceded by a three-day practice match in Baroda from 5-7 December, said the BCCI in a statement. It did not say, however, whether England had accepted the itinerary.
Pietersen had earlier said that plans were being made to stage a practice match in an alternative venue, possibly not even in India.
BBC Sport understands that a warm-up match could be played in Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
"We'll get some training in, for sure," said Pietersen. "There are definitely talks going on, I'll be speaking to the coach and we'll be making plans.
"There are definitely places we have looked into in the last 24 hours."
England were trailing 5-0 in the one-day series before the final two matches were postponed but Pietersen is eager to return to India for the Test series.
 Security around the England team in India has been stepped up
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"I always look forward to playing in India and if the security is right and things are OK, we will play."
Lord MacLaurin, who was chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board back in 2001 when Robert Croft and Andrew Caddick pulled out of the tour of India with security concerns post-September 11, said he could not see the players returning.
"If these fanatics are going to target people then the England cricket side could be a very big target for them," he said.
"I would be very, very surprised if the security people will give them the OK to go back. For myself, I don't think they should go back.
"I think it's sad for cricket but the safety of our players is absolutely paramount and I am sure that the ECB will take the same view."
One of the hotels attacked was the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, where the England squad stayed a fortnight ago and were due to return to on 16 December.
Former captain Michael Vaughan revealed he and the rest of the performance squad would have been in the hotel when it came under siege but for a late change of plans.
India return up to us - Pietersen
"All our white Test kit is in one of the rooms at the Taj Mahal," said Vaughan in his Daily Telegraph column.
"All the stuff was deposited there after England's two practice games in Mumbai at the start of this tour. That's how close the danger is.
"This week I was due to be in Mumbai with the rest of England's high performance squad. It was only at the last minute that our training camp was switched to Bangalore.
"I don't know why it was switched but we could have been there in one of those hotels when they were attacked."
Pietersen admitted the players had been taken aback by events and that the decision to fly home was correct.
"It's always a difficult decision, especially when it's unexpected," he added. "But I think it's the right decision right now to get the boys out of here, to get them to their families, even if it's only going to be for a couple of days.
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"The way for us to deal with it was by having a few team meetings [on Thursday], get everybody in a room and find out exactly how people are feeling, and the team's decision with the board was to go home.
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