According to a Times of India report, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has indicated government's thinking at a meeting of the consultative committee attached to the ministry that offered a review of relations with neighbours. As per reports, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar was also present at the meeting.
On being asked about restarting long-suspended cricket exchange as part of cricket diplomacy, Swaraj said there had been various other suggestions on humanitarian lines as well but the high numbers of cross-border firings do not set the tone for any kind of bilateral engagements. Swaraj is understood to have pointed out that there were over 800 cross-border violations in recent times.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recently raised objections about Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) FTP schedule for excluding any bi-lateral series with the neighbouring nation. PCB intimated in an official release that they will challenge the new schedules until they get to play against India in a bilateral series.