A battle appears to have began between the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) since Jay Shah mentioned that India is not going to go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023. Ramiz Raja, who’s the Chairman of the PCB, contradicted Shah’s assertion saying that if the Indian gamers don’t come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, his group is not going to go to India for the ODI World Cup which may even be held subsequent yr. Even former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has now reacted to Raja’s feedback on the matter.
Gambhir, as reported by information company ANI, mentioned that any resolution taken by the 2 boards, can be taken collectively.
“That is the choice of BCCI and PCB. No matter resolution they take, they’ll take it collectively,” he informed ANI.
Earlier, Ramiz Raja mentioned on Urdu Information that the Pakistan group is not going to go to India for the ODI World Cup subsequent yr if BCCI doesn’t ship its group to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
“If Pakistan doesn’t take part within the World Cup organized in India subsequent yr, who will see it?” We have now a transparent place: if the Indian group comes right here we’ll go to the World Cup. If they do not come, they will play the World Cup with out us. We’ll take the aggressive route. Our group is displaying motion. I’ve all the time mentioned that we need to enhance the fortunes of Pakistan cricket, and that may solely occur if we do it proper. Within the 2021 T20 World Cup, we defeated India. We defeated India within the T20 Asia Cup. In a single yr, the Pakistan cricket group beat the billion greenback group twice.”
The Indian cricket group didn’t tour Pakistan in 2005-06. The 2 groups haven’t performed bilateral cricket for years and have solely locked horns in ICC occasions.
For the previous decade or so, Pakistan has been internet hosting a number of ‘house’ collection within the UAE however worldwide groups have began touring the nation lately. Nevertheless, the probabilities of the Indian group visiting Pakistan for the Asia Cup nonetheless look slim.
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