No Indo-Pak series in 7-8 months, Manohar tells Butt

Mohali, Nov 2 (PTI) The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) Monday ruled out immediate resumption of
bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan but promised to take
up the issue next year, provided they get the go-ahead from
the government.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt met his Indian
counterpart Shashank Manohar on the sidelines of the fourth
India-Australia ODI here and sought resumption of cricketing
ties that was snapped in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks
last year.
Manohar told Butt that the BCCI has to seek government's
go-ahead before committing anything and the Indian team's
calendar is also too crammed to squeeze in an Indo-Pak series,
Board spokesman Rajiv Shukla said.
"Mr Butt sought resumption of the bilateral series but Mr
Manohar told him that the Indian team has a choc-a-bloc
calendar in the next seven-eight months. We are playing
Australia now, then comes Sri Lanka and after that we have
Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. There is simply no
space (for a bilateral series)," Shukla said.
"Mr Manohar told him that after 7-8 months, we would
resume talks. Meanwhile, we have to seek the government's
points of view as well", he said. More PTI AY
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