KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has advised the ICC officers that it had threatened to boycott subsequent 12 months’s 50-over World Cup in India to exert strain on the neighbouring nation to ship its staff for the Asia Cup, in response to sources.
The internet hosting rights of the 2023 version of the 50-over Asia Cup has been awarded to Pakistan by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as a precursor to the marquee World Cup in India (October-November 2023).
In October, ACC president and BCCI secretary Jay Shah had mentioned that India is not going to journey to Pakistan subsequent 12 months for the 50-over Asia Cup — prone to be held in September 2023 — after which the PCB had threatened to drag out of the World Cup.
But, it’s learnt that the PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has advised the International Cricket Council officers that the Board has not made any resolution to not ship its staff to India for the 50-over World Cup.
The ICC officers, together with chief government officer Geoff Allardice, have been in Pakistan as friends to look at the house Test sequence towards England.
“Ramiz assured the ICC officials that PCB had made no decision on not sending its team to India for the World Cup nor was it in favour of boycotting such a mega event but because of the strained cricket relations between the two countries, the PCB had to exert pressure to get the Indian board to send its team for Asia Cup,” a supply conscious of the event advised PTI.
The supply mentioned the ICC officers conveyed to Ramiz their considerations concerning his statements about Pakistan not taking part in in subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in India if the Indian staff doesn’t take part within the Asia Cup.
According to the supply, Ramiz additionally advised the ICC officers that the PCB wouldn’t settle for the 2025 Champions Trophy being moved from the nation on the pretext that India could not journey to Pakistan.
“Ramiz was very clear that Pakistan is not going to be receptive to the event being moved wherever else due to India because it had already began heavy funding on constructing or renovating infrastructure for the ICC occasion,” the supply mentioned.
“Ramiz reminded the ICC officials that the executive board which included India had given hosting rights of the Champions Trophy to Pakistan, so there should be no confusion as to where the tournament will be held on schedule.”
India hasn’t travelled to Pakistan because the 2008 Asia Cup, and after the Mumbai terrorist assault on November 26 that 12 months, the scheduled bilateral sequence in early 2009 was cancelled.
Pakistan did journey to India for a brief six-match white-ball sequence in 2012, however within the final 10 years, there hasn’t been any bilateral cricket. The two groups have solely performed one another at varied ICC and ACC occasions.
The internet hosting rights of the 2023 version of the 50-over Asia Cup has been awarded to Pakistan by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as a precursor to the marquee World Cup in India (October-November 2023).
In October, ACC president and BCCI secretary Jay Shah had mentioned that India is not going to journey to Pakistan subsequent 12 months for the 50-over Asia Cup — prone to be held in September 2023 — after which the PCB had threatened to drag out of the World Cup.
But, it’s learnt that the PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has advised the International Cricket Council officers that the Board has not made any resolution to not ship its staff to India for the 50-over World Cup.
The ICC officers, together with chief government officer Geoff Allardice, have been in Pakistan as friends to look at the house Test sequence towards England.
“Ramiz assured the ICC officials that PCB had made no decision on not sending its team to India for the World Cup nor was it in favour of boycotting such a mega event but because of the strained cricket relations between the two countries, the PCB had to exert pressure to get the Indian board to send its team for Asia Cup,” a supply conscious of the event advised PTI.
The supply mentioned the ICC officers conveyed to Ramiz their considerations concerning his statements about Pakistan not taking part in in subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in India if the Indian staff doesn’t take part within the Asia Cup.
According to the supply, Ramiz additionally advised the ICC officers that the PCB wouldn’t settle for the 2025 Champions Trophy being moved from the nation on the pretext that India could not journey to Pakistan.
“Ramiz was very clear that Pakistan is not going to be receptive to the event being moved wherever else due to India because it had already began heavy funding on constructing or renovating infrastructure for the ICC occasion,” the supply mentioned.
“Ramiz reminded the ICC officials that the executive board which included India had given hosting rights of the Champions Trophy to Pakistan, so there should be no confusion as to where the tournament will be held on schedule.”
India hasn’t travelled to Pakistan because the 2008 Asia Cup, and after the Mumbai terrorist assault on November 26 that 12 months, the scheduled bilateral sequence in early 2009 was cancelled.
Pakistan did journey to India for a brief six-match white-ball sequence in 2012, however within the final 10 years, there hasn’t been any bilateral cricket. The two groups have solely performed one another at varied ICC and ACC occasions.