Ganguly on Indo-Pak ties: Modi and Imran need to approve it

Ganguly, 47, who will take charge as BCCI's next president on October 23, had led India on the historic tour of Pakistan in 2004

Kolkata: BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly has said that resumption of bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan is subject to approval from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Imran Khan. Asked about the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral ties during a media briefing here, Ganguly said, "You have to ask that question to Modiji and the Pakistan Prime Minister."

"Of course we have [to take permission], because international exposure [tours] is all through governments. So we don't have an answer to that question," the former India captain added. The last time both neighbours featured in a bilateral series was in 2012, when India hosted Pakistan for a limited-overs series comprising two T20Is and three ODIs.

Ganguly, 47, who will take charge as BCCI's next president on October 23, had led India on the historic tour of Pakistan in 2004, the first bilateral series since the Kargil war in 1999 and India's first visit to Pakistan since 1989.

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