Karachi: Amid indications that the PCB may raise with the ICC the issue of India not agreeing on a series with Pakistan, ICC President Zaheer Abbas yesterday made it clear that the world body cannot intervene to revive Indo-Pak cricketing ties as it was bilateral matter.

"Since the matter is a bilateral one between two boards the ICC can only talk to them but not compel them to play against each other bilaterally," Zaheer told the media in Lahore. Last week, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur had said that there will be no revival of cricketing relations between the two countries unless outstanding political and diplomatic issues are resolved.