PCB chairman Najam Sethi shares latest update on Asia Cup 2023

• PCB chairman Najam Sethi shares the latest update on Asia Cup 2023.
• Future of the Asian event is uncertain as a result of India’s political refusal to visit Pakistan.
• PCB will host the Asia Cup for the first time in 2023.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee chairman Najam Sethi provided the most recent information on the Asia Cup 2023 issue.

The future of the Asian event, which was previously planned for September of this year, is uncertain as a result of India’s political refusal to visit Pakistan.

After 2008, PCB will host the Asia Cup for the first time in 2023. But, India’s stance on this issue jeopardized the future of the Asia Cup.

Sethi has been dealing with the Asia Cup issue ever since taking over as PCB’s head in December of last year.

Sethi was once more questioned about the future of the Asia Cup in Pakistan on Monday when he appeared in a press conference alongside the chief selector of the national team, Haroon Rasheed, to unveil the T20I squad against Afghanistan.

Sethi said, “The situation is still the same. India will not come to Pakistan for Asia Cup. This is a very difficult and tricky situation which is still unresolved,”

“There are two different matters, one is of ICC and the other is of ACC. This is not only about Asia Cup because we also have to host the Champions Trophy. I will go and talk with both ICC and ACC on this matter.”

It should be mentioned that the PCB management committee’s chairman, Sethi, will discuss this matter with the ICC meeting’s COO, Salman Naseer, and Faisal Hasnain on March 20 in Dubai.

Sethi sought guidance from the federal government prior to the crucial meeting with ICC and ACC representatives.

He said, “I have approached our government to take their point of view on this matter. If our patron [PM Shehbaz Sharif] asks us to go and play World Cup India regardless of whether they come here to play Asia Cup or not, we will have to consider it,”

“So far, our government’s point of view is also the same, if India do not come here, we will also not go there in World Cup. I believe that we have more security concerns in India due to the ongoing communal issues there.”

he concluded,”So, we need to keep our government and security agencies in loop while making any decision regarding Asia Cup in Pakistan and World Cup in India.”

After Indian Cricket Board Secretary Jay Shah, who is also President of the ACC, stated that India “can’t” send a team to Pakistan and that the Asia Cup will be transferred to a neutral venue, former PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja made bold claims.

Last year, his statement took Pakistan off guard, and the PCB chairman at the time cautioned that it would “divide” the world cricket community.

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