Asian Cup 2023: The fate of Pakistan to host the Asian Cup 2023 will be decided at an emergency meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in Bahrain on Saturday February 4 at the request of the President of Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi. .
Pakistan's fate to host the 2023 Asia Cup will be decided at an emergency meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) convened in Bahrain on Saturday (February 4) at the request of Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi. The PCB had expressed displeasure last year over ACC president and BCCI secretary Jay Shah's statement that the Indian team would not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup and the tournament would be held at a neutral venue. At that time, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja even threatened that if this happens, he will boycott the ODI World Cup in India this year.
According to sources in news agency ANI, the newly elected PCB chief Najam Sethi wants an emergency meeting with the ACC chief and members and he called the ACC members during the opening ceremony of ILT 20 in Dubai. expressed this wish. Now the ACC will hold an emergency meeting in Bahrain and the main agenda of the meeting is to decide the fate of the 2023 Asia Cup whether it will be held in Pakistan or not. In this meeting, it is most likely that Asia Cup 2023 will be held in some other country instead of Pakistan.
Last year the Asia Cup was held in the UAE and once again the UAE could host the Asia Cup. Qatar has also expressed interest in hosting the tournament as a neutral venue amid political tensions between the neighboring countries. Qatar has also hosted some cricket tournaments and franchise-based cricket leagues in the past. Now all eyes are on tomorrow's meeting in which the situation regarding the hosting of the 2023 Asia Cup will be clarified.
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