BCCI refuses to send team to Pakistan for Asia Cup

NEW DELHI (92 News) – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) clearly refused to send team to Pakistan for Asia Cup. It is noteworthy that the T20-style Asia Cup is scheduled to be played in Pakistan in September this year. The PCB chief executive has already said that if India team does not come to Pakistan then Pakistan team will also not visit India in 2021. According to the report, a BCCI official said that it has no problem with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosting the 2020 edition of the Asia Cup but India will not play Asia Cup in Pakistan. He also said that the hosting rights is not an issue and it is just a case of picking a neutral venue as the Indian team wouldn’t be travelling to Pakistan for the T20 tournament that will see the top Asian teams in action. “The question isn’t about the PCB hosting the tournament. It is about the venue and as things stand now, it is quite clear that we would need a neutral venue,” the BCCI official mentioned. “There is no way that an Indian team can visit Pakistan to even participate in a multi-nation event like the Asia Cup. If the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is ok with an Asia Cup minus India then it is a different ball game. But if India is to participate in the Asia Cup, then the venue cannot be Pakistan,” he remarked.