After taking over as the ICC President, Sharad Pawar today said in Singapore that the game's apex body would try to encourage the resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral cricket series, if there is government clearance from both sides. Former BCCI President Pawar, who is also a serving Union Minister, begins a two-year term as ICC President after taking over from David Morgan today. The 69-year-old Pawar hoped the process to improve the relations between the two neighbouring countries will also help to foster better cricketing ties. The cricketing ties between India and Pakistan were stalled after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.