 England's cricketers will weigh up the future of their India tour on Sunday
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England's cricketers will learn the fate of their India tour at their Abu Dhabi training camp later on Sunday.
Officials returning from India are expected to brief the team at 1430 GMT.
BBC Sport understands players will then be given time alone to reach individual decisions on whether to tour, following last month's Mumbai attacks.
"It is very important for cricket that we play these games if we can," Giles Clarke, chairman of the England & Wales Cricket Board, told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Hugh Morris, managing director of England cricket, and Sean Morris, chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, have spent time in India assessing the level of threat and security measures in place.
Clarke believes their report to the players will be positive.
"My understanding is there have been sensible and constructive talks," he told 5 Live's Sportsweek programme.
"At this moment in time nothing has transpired that will cause a major problem, but there is still work to be done.
"I'm well aware the population of India and the Barmy Army [England's diehard fans], in their various guises, are extremely keen for these games to proceed, and we are determined not to let terrorism do the game of cricket down.
"It is critical, just as it was after 9/11 in the US, for normal life to resume and for people to be able to carry out their normal activities in defiance of whatever an unpleasant group of men might try to do."
However, England bowler Steve Harmison said he was prepared to return home if he felt it was the right decision.
"Whatever we hear at our security briefing, I reserve the right to make my own decision to fly home on Monday if it is the right thing to do," he wrote in the Mail on Sunday.
"On the one shoulder a voice has been telling me: 'Stuff the terrorists. Get in there, play the Test and give it your best shot'.
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Having spoken to some of the players, terrorism and the possibility of what they might find is very much on their minds
BBC Sport's Joe Wilson
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The BBC's Joe Wilson, with the England players in Abu Dhabi, said the atmosphere among the squad had intensified ahead of the decision.
"The mood here today is more serious, more tense than what I've experienced on these tours before," he told 5 Live.
"There's little joshing about in the team hotel but I know, having spoken to some of the players, terrorism and the possibility of what they might find is very much on their minds."
The players are expected to be given time to return to their hotel rooms following the meeting, allowing them the opportunity to consider any tour arrangements alone, without having to vote in the presence of team-mates.
"As far as they can, they are leaving the door open for individual players to make the decision they don't want to go," said Wilson.
"But it would take an awful lot of moral courage and strength to make that decision."
Harmison and Andrew Flintoff had earlier been identified by England coach Peter Moores as having doubts over returning to India.
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"Those players, including a whole host of bowlers, are here, and what we're going to hear are which extra players will go with the squad to India - should they go," added Wilson.
The England team went home last Saturday following the attacks in Mumbai, which claimed almost 200 lives over three days.
Should the tour go ahead, the first Test will take place from Thursday, 11 December in Chennai.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's Asad Rauf has had to step down as an umpire for the scheduled first Test as he could not get the proper visa, according to the International Cricket Council.
Pakistan nationals require city-specific visas when travelling to India and Rauf, who will be replaced by New Zealand's Billy Bowden, was issued visas for the original Test venues.
The first Test, starting on Thursday, was moved to Chennai from Ahmedabad, and the final Test to Mohali from Mumbai, following last week's attacks.
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