We Indians are just crazy for one sport and that is “Cricket”. The Indian fans can do anything to watch cricket and play cricket. They can literally sit for hours glued to TV sets, admiring and cheering for our favorite cricket stars.

Especially, it is an eye feast for Indian cricket fans when the team is playing with Pakistan. India has not played with Pakistan in a bilateral series since the Pakistan tour in 2013 due to the security reasons between the two countries.

The last time India and Pakistan played each other was in the World T20 where India beat Pakistan in Kolkata. Since then, we both countries didn’t have a bilateral series.

Now, ahead of the much-awaited clash in Champions Trophy in England, the BCCI is preparing to meet the Pakistan Cricket Board to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in 2014.

Speaking about the whole scenario, senior BCCI functionary Rajeev Shukla on Friday said that they will not play any bilateral series against the arch-rivals without the Indian government`s permission.

“We shall be discussing the agreement that is there. We will put our point before the PCB. We will see what the result of the discussion comes out. We have to take the permission of the government because it is a bilateral series. We won`t do anything without taking our government`s permission,” Shulka told in an exclusive conversation with ANI.

According to the reports, the BCCI had reportedly sought permission from the Indian government to re-start bilateral series against Pakistan. Earlier, BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhry had confirmed that the BCCI will meet PCB in Dubai on May 29 to discuss the bilateral series to be played between 2015 to 2023.

Chaudhry, along with the members of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), will meet PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan in Dubai.

The PCB had earlier this month sent a legal notice to its Indian counterpart for failing to honor the MoU signed between the two cricket boards in 2014.

The PCB had also demanded compensation close to USD 60 million from the BCCI for not honoring the MoU signed when N. Srinivasan was at the helm of affairs in the Indian board.

According to the 2014 agreement, India was scheduled to play six series against Pakistan, four of them were going to be Pakistan`s home series, subject to clearance from the Government of India.