Asia Cup-2023 is to be played this year and its host is Pakistan and that is why BCCI Secretary Jai Shah has clearly said that Team India will not go to Pakistan for this tournament.
The BCCI has clearly stated that Team India will not go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
There has been a long-standing dispute between the cricket boards of India and Pakistan regarding the Asia Cup to be held this year. Pakistan is the host of this Asia Cup and India has clearly said that it will not play if this tournament is organized in Pakistan. Now this issue can be resolved. Amidst the ongoing impasse over the Asia Cup, Pakistan may continue to host and India may be offered to play its matches in the UAE. The news agency PTI has given this information in its report quoting the sources of Pakistan Cricket Board.
In such a situation, if India reaches the final, the final will also be held in UAE. An emergency meeting of the Asian Cricket Council was held in Bahrain on February 4. Earlier, ACC had released its schedule in which Pakistan was not mentioned as the host of the tournament.
Najam Sethi said this
Talking to the media in Karachi, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Najam Sethi said that there will be further talks on this issue on the sidelines of the ICC meeting next month as the issue is yet to be resolved. He said, what should I say on what happened in the ACC meeting. No solution found.
However, reliable sources have said that there is a possibility that Pakistan will continue to host the tournament but some matches will be held in UAE and India will play all their matches there. When India reaches the final, the final will also be there.
Pakistan had threatened not to play the World Cup
The Asia Cup is to be held in Pakistan in September this year but BCCI secretary and ACC chief Jay Shah had said in October last year that the Indian team would not go to Pakistan. After this, Pakistan had also said that if this happens, it will not come to play in the ODI World Cup to be held in India this year. Former PCB chief Rameez Raja was the first to say this. The news came from the meeting held in Bahrain that Sethi had said the same thing to Jai Shah.