Responding to a letter from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan to the BCCI, former Indian cricketer Kirti Azad said there is no need to play any kind of cricket with Islamabad and added that this was not a political matter.
"I don't think there is a need for any cricket with Pakistan. People might say that it is politics, but it is not," Azad told ANI
He added that Pakistan should realise that terror and talks can't go together.
Khan had asked the BCCI to confirm the scheduled December bilateral series in the UAE.
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