The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has accepted the request of the Pakistan Cricket Board to carry an government board assembly on February 4 in Bahrain to debate India’s participation on this yr’s Asia Cup and the event within the neighboring nation.
PCB chairman Najam Sethi advised the media in Lahore on Monday that in his current go to to Dubai, he was in a position to persuade the ACC members to carry the board assembly.
“It is a big deal that the ACC Board will meet in Bahrain on February 4 and matters related to the Asia Cup will be discussed,” he added.
“There will even not be an ICC assembly in March and I don’t wish to go public with the conversations I’ve had with ACC members in Dubai or what’s deliberate to be performed, debated or mentioned within the upcoming conferences. But sure in fact India and Pakistan cricket relations are vital. The PCB was incensed final yr when ACC president Jay Shah stated that the Indian staff wouldn’t go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup and the event could be shifted elsewhere, as occurred in 2018.
The then Rameez Raja-led PCB retaliated by threatening that if India didn’t come to Pakistan, it will not even ship its staff for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this yr.
Rameez later additionally threatened that Pakistan would possibly even contemplate pulling out of the Asia Cup.
Sethi agreed that there’s a want for some readability on cricket issues between India and Pakistan in order that ACC and ICC occasions usually are not affected. Hosting the Asia Cup this yr is essential and India sending its staff is a giant problem as it should undoubtedly have an effect on the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in 2025.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
