<p>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.<br />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.<br />"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.<br />"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. <br /><br />"We have to keep that in mind and conditions also have to be conducive between the two countries in terms of diplomatic relations," Shukla said.<br />Butt was told that after the ODI series against Australia, India play a full series against Sri Lanka followed by the World Twenty20 in West Indies. <br />"The two countries will explore the possibility of a bilateral series next season," said Shukla.<br />The BCCI president also said the talks would be held, keeping in mind the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.<br />The BCCI refused to send a team to tour Pakistan earlier this year due to tension between the two countries in the wake of November 26 terrorist attack in Mumbai that claimed 170 lives.<br />The PCB chairman, according to Shukla, told the Indian board cheif that bilateral ties between the two countries are important for cricket. <br />The latest Future Tour Programme (FTP), drafted by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has no space for a India-Pakistan series till 2012.<br />Asked if they discussed the possibility of having bilateral series in neutral venues -- an idea mooted by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor -- Shukla said, "right now, the team is too busy for playing against any team. Playing at home, abroad or neutral venue are issues that are premature to discuss right now."</p>
<p>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.<br />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.<br />"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.<br />"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. <br /><br />"We have to keep that in mind and conditions also have to be conducive between the two countries in terms of diplomatic relations," Shukla said.<br />Butt was told that after the ODI series against Australia, India play a full series against Sri Lanka followed by the World Twenty20 in West Indies. <br />"The two countries will explore the possibility of a bilateral series next season," said Shukla.<br />The BCCI president also said the talks would be held, keeping in mind the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.<br />The BCCI refused to send a team to tour Pakistan earlier this year due to tension between the two countries in the wake of November 26 terrorist attack in Mumbai that claimed 170 lives.<br />The PCB chairman, according to Shukla, told the Indian board cheif that bilateral ties between the two countries are important for cricket. <br />The latest Future Tour Programme (FTP), drafted by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has no space for a India-Pakistan series till 2012.<br />Asked if they discussed the possibility of having bilateral series in neutral venues -- an idea mooted by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor -- Shukla said, "right now, the team is too busy for playing against any team. Playing at home, abroad or neutral venue are issues that are premature to discuss right now."</p>