The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is predicted to shift Asia Cup from Pakistan and resolve on an alternate venue in March as BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB chairman Najam Sethi mentioned the problem throughout a proper assembly in Bahrain on Saturday. All heads of ACC member nations attended the emergent assembly which was known as on the behest of Sethi after the continental physique launched its itinerary and Pakistan wasn’t named the hosts for the Asia Cup.

The Asia Cup was initially allotted to Pakistan and was scheduled in September this yr however Shah, who can also be the ACC chairman, had introduced final October that India is not going to journey to Pakistan due diplomatic rigidity between the 2 nations.

“The ACC had a constructive dialogue on the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. The Board agreed to proceed discussions on operations, timelines and some other specifics with a view to make sure the success of the match. An replace on the matter could be taken on the following ACC Government Board Assembly to be held in March 2023,” ACC mentioned in a press release.

Whereas a call will come solely subsequent month, a senior BCCI official aware of the event instructed PTI that it’s extremely unlikely that Pakistan will host the match.

“With India deciding in opposition to travelling to Pakistan, the match must be shifted. A match with out Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill could have the sponsors again out,” the official mentioned.

One ACC insider mentioned Sethi has simply taken over PCB and if he had ceded floor on the internet hosting rights within the first assembly itself, then it could have led to a foul impression at house.

Pakistan is at the moment going by way of an financial disaster. The inflation has hit the nation very onerous as one USD is now equal to 277 Pakistani Rupee. Organising a high-profile match like Asia Cup, even when ACC pays a grant may burn a gap in PCB coffers.

So strategically, if the match is held within the UAE, there’s each chance that every one the member nations will even get to earn aside from the published revenues.

In one other resolution, the ACC has determined to extend the annual price range allotted for Afghanistan Cricket Affiliation to fifteen % from six.

The ACC has assured that it’ll assist the Afghanistan board in all doable methods so that ladies’s cricket will be revived within the nation. Ladies are banned from taking part in sport beneath Taliban rule.

The Government Board additionally permitted of the inclusion of groups from Japan and Indonesia within the ACC pathway tournaments to take part within the occasions as invitees.

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