"I think the Asia Cup had to be held on schedule. But when I meet with Srinivasan next month I see some ray of hope for the bilateral series," he said.

Ashraf also said Pakistan had no problem with the Bangladesh board and he was in Dhaka to give a detailed presentation on the security arrangements for their team if they decided to tour Pakistan next year as per the Future Tours Programme.

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"If we can't play India than we have to look at playing other teams and my main objective is to try to convince the Bangladesh board officials that we can host their team in Pakistan and provide them the best security," he said.

Bangladesh cricket team had earlier said would visit Pakistan only after getting a security clearance from its government and the International Cricket Council because no foreign team has toured the country after the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore.