Ganguly in an exclusive interview with India Today said that boycotting Pakistan in the global cricketing events won't be possible but India can certainly stop playing bilateral series with its arch-rivals. Meanwhile, India Today's Consulting Sports Editor Boria Majumdar said he did not have a problem either way but said the government must take a strong stand on whether India should actually snap all sporting ties with Pakistan. Did he stop playing against Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks? Just stop bilateral cricket and notbilateral ties, or should India stop all sporting relations with Pakistan. So that is how seriously a country takes its sporting ties.

Source: India Today October 19, 2016 14:07 UTC