If India does not play against Pakistan, the equilibrium of world cricket will be severely affected
Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI head
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India's cricket board says the government should consider resuming cricketing ties with Pakistan.
Sourav Ganguly's team are scheduled to tour Pakistan next month as part of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) 10-year world programme.
But the tour is unlikely to go ahead because of heightened political tensions between the two countries over the disputed region of Kashmir.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has urged the government to reconsider its stance.
"Each country is supposed to play four series against each other in a 10-year period (two at home and two abroad)," wrote Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the BCCI, in a letter to Sports Minister Vikram Verma.
"If India does not play against Pakistan, the equilibrium of world cricket will be severely affected because the world Test championship cannot be decided.
"India may be totally isolated in the world cricket scenario."
India were due to play a Test series with their neighbours in 2001, but the government refused to allow their team to tour.
The Indian Government has accused its Islamabad counterpart of sponsoring terrorist activities in Kashmir.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is desperate for the tour to go ahead, having suffered huge financial losses after New Zealand, the West Indies and Australia all cancelled tours to the country on security grounds.
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