Karachi: Amidst bleak chances of an India-Pakistan bilateral cricket series in the near future, a top Pakistan official on Sunday said the two countries are likely to hold talks during a Champions Trophy match in England in June.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan said he would discuss the matter once again with the Indian cricket board officials during the June 4 ICC Champions Trophy match between the two at Edgbaston, Dunya News reported.

Khan also admitted that the chances of a bilateral series with India remain bleak.

On May 3, the PCB sent a legal notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not honouring an MOU, signed in 2014, to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023.

Alleging a loss of $200-300 million, the PCB asked for a $60 million compensation for losses faced due to India’s refusal to play the series.

The BCCI has maintained that no legal document was signed regarding the series and that cricket with Pakistan was subject to government approval.

India’s Minister of State for Home, Hansraj Ahir, told reporters in end-April that “in the current circumstance, cricket between India and Pakistan is not possible”.

The last time the two arch-rivals met was in the second group game of the ICC World T20 in 2016 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India had won the game by six wickets. The two teams have in recent times only met at ICC events and Asia Cup games.

While it was always for the government to finally decide on the fate of the series, the fact that the BCCI had made a move definitely was seen as a positive sign for cricket fans in both the countries.

In recent times, the BCCI has refused to even bring the matter up for discussion with previous chief Anurag Thakur making it clear that there would be no cricketing activity between the two countries till the cross-border tension ended.

The last time the two teams played a full series was way back in 2007 when Pakistan toured India. After that, there was another short limited-overs series in India in December 2012 wherein the two teams played three ODIs and two T20Is.

It was during this very series that the likes of Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar became household names. While Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, the T20I series was drawn 1-1.