Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan yesterday said that the BCCI was willing to play a bilateral series with Pakistan but it was the Indian government, which has refused to clear such a contest. "At the moment BCCI can’t do anything as their government is not giving clearance for such a series. So even our hands are tied now," he said. "I don’t think we are begging the Indians to play with us. It’s a wrong presumption. But in international cricket, a Board has to pursue its own interests in a diplomatic manner and we do that," Khan said.