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Asian Cup 2023: The sword hangs over the holding of this year’s Asia Cup in Pakistan. Due to the disputed relations with Pakistan, India is firm on the strategy of not sending its cricketers to Pakistan. However, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi, has come out with a new formula for organizing the Asia Cup. The PCB has proposed to organize India’s matches in the Asia Cup at a neutral venue instead of Pakistan.
This proposal has been sent to the Asian Cricket Council by PCB chief Najam Sethi. It has been said in this proposal that India can play its matches at a neutral venue while the rest of the teams will play in Pakistan.
Sethi said, “We have decided to have it on a hybrid model where Pakistan will play Asia Cup matches at their home ground and India will play their matches at a neutral venue. This is our proposal to the Asian Cricket Council.
The Asia Cup is proposed to be organized from September 2 to 17, in which six teams will participate. Due to the uncertainty regarding the venue, however, the exact schedule of the matches has not been announced yet.
Apart from Pakistan and India, a qualifier team along with Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh will participate in the Asia Cup. The qualifying tournament continues in Nepal.
Hope to improve relations with India
Sethi has high hopes from Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s visit to India next month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council meeting. He hoped that the visit of the Foreign Minister to Goa would help in improving the relations between the two countries.
Sethi said, “We have been told that relations can be normal. If this happens then India will consider participating in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in 2025. We have been advised to go to India for the World Cup along with playing the Asia Cup at a neutral venue.
Sethi indicated that the opinion of the people of his country is that Pakistan should play cricket on equal terms with India.
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