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Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (pcb) has told ICC officials that it threatened to boycott next year’s 50-over World Cup in India in order to pressure the neighboring country to send its team for the Asia Cup.
The hosting rights of the 2023 edition of the 50-over Asia Cup have been awarded to Pakistan by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as a precursor to the World Cup to be held in India (October–November 2023).
In October, ACC President and BCCI Secretary Jai Shah PCB had threatened to pull out of the World Cup after it had said that India would not go to Pakistan for the 50-over Asia Cup next year in September 2023.
But it is learned that PCB chairman Rameez Raja has told International Cricket Council officials that the board has not taken any decision not to send its team to India for the 50-over World Cup.
ICC officials, including chief executive Geoff Allardyce, were in Pakistan as guests to watch the home Test series against England.
Rameez assured the ICC officials that the PCB has not taken any decision not to send its team to India for the World Cup, nor is it in favor of boycotting such a big event, but the tense cricket between the two countries The PCB was forced to resign due to ties. Put pressure on the Indian board to send its team for the Asia Cup,” a source aware of the development told PTI.
The source said that ICC officials conveyed their concerns to Rameez that if the Indian team did not participate in the Asia Cup, Pakistan would not play in next year’s World Cup in India.
According to the source, Rameez also told the ICC officials that the PCB will not accept shifting the 2025 Champions Trophy out of the country on the pretext that India cannot travel to Pakistan.
“Ramiz was very clear that Pakistan would not be receptive to shifting the tournament elsewhere because of India as it had already started investing heavily on building or refurbishing infrastructure for the ICC event,” the source said.
Rameez reminded ICC officials that the Executive Board, including India, had awarded the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy to Pakistan, so there should be no confusion about where the tournament would take place as scheduled.
India has not traveled to Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup, and following the Mumbai terrorist attack on 26 November that year, a bilateral series scheduled for early 2009 was cancelled.
Pakistan traveled to India in 2012 for a short six-match white-ball series, but no bilateral cricket has taken place in the last 10 years. The two teams have only played each other in various ICC and ACC events.
The hosting rights of the 2023 edition of the 50-over Asia Cup have been awarded to Pakistan by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as a precursor to the World Cup to be held in India (October–November 2023).
In October, ACC President and BCCI Secretary Jai Shah PCB had threatened to pull out of the World Cup after it had said that India would not go to Pakistan for the 50-over Asia Cup next year in September 2023.
But it is learned that PCB chairman Rameez Raja has told International Cricket Council officials that the board has not taken any decision not to send its team to India for the 50-over World Cup.
ICC officials, including chief executive Geoff Allardyce, were in Pakistan as guests to watch the home Test series against England.
Rameez assured the ICC officials that the PCB has not taken any decision not to send its team to India for the World Cup, nor is it in favor of boycotting such a big event, but the tense cricket between the two countries The PCB was forced to resign due to ties. Put pressure on the Indian board to send its team for the Asia Cup,” a source aware of the development told PTI.
The source said that ICC officials conveyed their concerns to Rameez that if the Indian team did not participate in the Asia Cup, Pakistan would not play in next year’s World Cup in India.
According to the source, Rameez also told the ICC officials that the PCB will not accept shifting the 2025 Champions Trophy out of the country on the pretext that India cannot travel to Pakistan.
“Ramiz was very clear that Pakistan would not be receptive to shifting the tournament elsewhere because of India as it had already started investing heavily on building or refurbishing infrastructure for the ICC event,” the source said.
Rameez reminded ICC officials that the Executive Board, including India, had awarded the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy to Pakistan, so there should be no confusion about where the tournament would take place as scheduled.
India has not traveled to Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup, and following the Mumbai terrorist attack on 26 November that year, a bilateral series scheduled for early 2009 was cancelled.
Pakistan traveled to India in 2012 for a short six-match white-ball series, but no bilateral cricket has taken place in the last 10 years. The two teams have only played each other in various ICC and ACC events.
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