The newly-elected BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has made it clear that the resumption of bilateral cricket ties with arch-rivals Pakistan is totally dependent on approval from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Imran Khan.

During a media briefing in Kolkata, Ganguly said, "You have to ask that question to Modi ji 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.

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India and Pakistan have not faced each other in a full-fledged bilateral series since 2007. In the last decade or so, the high-voltage clashes between both the nations have been restricted to ICC tournaments and Asia Cup only.

Earlier this year, the attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama on the Jammu-Srinagar highway has worsened the relationship between India and Pakistan. The dastardly attack had seen 40 CRPF jawans being martyred and many injured, with Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad claiming responsibility for this deplorable act.

Subsequently, the Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai running BCCI had sent a letter to ICC, asking the governing body "to sever ties with countries from which terrorism emanates".

In fact, there was a strong demand of India boycotting their World Cup 2019 match against Pakistan on June 14 at Old Trafford. However, the match did take place with India extending their World Cup domination over Pakistan to 7-0.

(With PTI inputs)