Pakistan Could Pull Out of the World Cup, After India Decided Not To Tour For the Asia Cup 2023
With India and Pakistan set to take on each other in the T20 World Cup this Sunday at Melbourne Cricket Ground, the respective boards seem to be involved in a ugly match up.
Flames were stoked when BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced the Indian cricket team won’t travel to Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup.
As per the Asian Cricket Council’s executive board’s decision, the next edition of Asia Cup next year is scheduled in Pakistan and Jay Shah has stated: “India will play the Asia Cup at a neutral venue.”
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With reports being published of Jay Shah’s decision in the media, another report claims that the Pakistan Cricket Board is mulling to pull out of the 50-over ICC World Cup in India.
“The PCB is now prepared to take hard decisions and play hard ball because it is also aware that the ICC and ACC events will have to face commercial liabilities and losses if Pakistan does not play India in these multi-team events,” PTI quoted a senior OCB source.
According to the FTP released earlier, Pakistan are scheduled to hold two big ICC events in the next three years – the Asia Cup (which will be a 50-over format ahead of the 2023 World Cup) next year and the Champions Trophy in 2025.
PCB could withdraw from ACC
The PCB sources said that Raja would be sending a strongly-worded letter to the ACC on the matter and would be demanding an emergency meeting of the ACC board to be convened in Melbourne next month to discuss Shah’s statement.
The insider also disclosed that the PCB had decided to look at several options and would not accept any disruption to its hosting rights. “One option under consideration will be to pull out of the ACC as the PCB believes the ACC was formed to promote and develop cricket in the region and forge unity among the member nations.
“But if the president of the ACC is going to give statements like these, there is no use for Pakistan to remain in the body,” he added.