The ACC, in its assertion, categorically said that PCB have been despatched the itinerary on December 22, 2022 together with different member nations however no communication got here from the latter’s facet.
On Thursday, Shah had introduced the ACC calendar 2023-24 and pathway construction for the continental physique together with ODI Asia Cup slated in September.
However, the calendar did not have the host nation’s identify as BCCI secretary Shah had already mentioned final October (2022) that the match might be shifted out of Pakistan as India will not be capable to journey.
Sethi’s predecessor Ramiz Raja had then made a counter-threat of pulling out of the ODI World Cup being held in India later this 12 months.
Sethi, who’s again within the sizzling seat, had reacted sharply to BCCI supremo Shah’s announcement of ACC itinerary on twitter.
“Thank you Jay Shah for unilaterally presenting ACC structure & calendars 2023-24 especially relating to Asia Cup 2023 for which Pakistan is the event host. While you are at it, you might as well present structure & calendar of our PSL 2023! A swift response will be appreciated,” Sethi’s sarcasm-laden tweet wasn’t misplaced on anybody.
The ACC led by Shah, on the day, launched a strongly-worded assertion calling out PCB chairman’s bluff.
“It has come to our knowledge that PCB Chairman Najam Sethi has made a comment on the ACC President (Shah) unilaterally taking the decision on finalising the calendar and announcing the same. The ACC wants to clarify that it has followed established due process,” ACC mentioned in its assertion.
In reality, the assertion additionally shared the timeline with the media which successfully implies that the PCB chairman was mendacity.
“The calendar was approved by its Development Committee and Finance & Marketing Committee in a meeting held on December 13th, 2022. The calendar was then communicated to all the participating members individually, including Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), via an e-mail dated December 22nd, 2022,” it additional said.
The PCB within the final two weeks did not search any modification within the proposed calender and therefore there was a public announcement.
“While responses were received from certain Member Boards, no comments or suggested modifications were received from PCB. In view of the above, Sethi’s comments on a social media platform are baseless and are vehemently denied by the ACC,” the assertion concluded.
The socio-political stress between India and Pakistan has prevented the neighbours participating in any bilateral cricket since 2012 and India has not visited the nation submit the 2008 Asia Cup.
The arch-rivals are solely pitted in opposition to one another in multi-nation occasions and that too on impartial venues.
While the Asia Cup is a multi-nation occasion, the choice of the ACC Board to award the internet hosting rights to Pakistan hasn’t gone down effectively with the BCCI.
For PCB, the competition is that if Australia, England and at the moment New Zealand can tour its nation then why cannot India?
In case of the BCCI, the choice of sending a cricket crew to Pakistan will utterly be the central authorities’s prerogative.