The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) launched an aggressive assertion earlier as we speak after BCCI refused to tour Pakistan for |Asia Cup 2023. The PCB clarified its stance within the assertion that if Asia Cup is moved out of Pakistan, it would have an effect on the ICC tournaments that are to be performed in India from 2023 to 2031.
Whereas it wasn’t made clear within the assertion what PCB meant by the ICC tournaments getting affected, however it may be made out from the assertion that Pakistan Cricket Board may even take into consideration boycotting the ICC tournaments in India if India doesn’t tour Pakistan.
The assertion additionally says if India doesn’t come to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023, it would “cut up” worldwide cricket and the Asian cricket group altogether.
Asia Cup 2023 not the primary Asia Cup which is in line to shifted
This aggression from PCB is a bit onerous to grasp as a result of, in 2018, the same scenario had arisen the place Asia Cup was shifted from India to UAE due to political points between India and Pakistan.
Najam Sethi was the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board at that time limit and he was additionally the president of the Asian Cricket Council. He had made the choice to shift the event to UAE and BCCI, which was headed by the Committee of Directors (CoA) had accepted the choice.
Now Jay Shah is the president of the Asian Cricket Council, other than being the BCCI secretary and he has made the choice that Asia Cup 2023 will likely be shifted from Pakistan to a impartial venue, however PCB has stated that Jay Shah has made the choice with out speaking to PCB and with out speaking to the manager board of ACC.
PCB responds to ACC President’s assertion
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PCB has additionally tried to recommend by way of its assertion that it would even take into account giving up its membership within the Asian Cricket Council altogether if the Asia Cup isn’t held in Pakistan subsequent yr. ACC is but to reply to PCB’s assertion they usually haven’t even known as for an “emergency assembly” that PCB has requested them for.
