Pakistan likely to pull out from 2023 ODI World Cup in India after Jay Shah’s statement
Pakistan, on Tuesday, threatened to pull out of next year’s 50-over World Cup in India, responding firmly to BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s statement that they would like to play the Asia Cup at a neutral venue.
Pakistan, on Tuesday, threatened to pull out of next year’s 50-over World Cup in India, responding firmly to BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s statement that they would like to play the Asia Cup at a neutral venue.
After the Annual General Meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai on Tuesday (October 18), the BCCI come to the result that it will not travel to Pakistan for the continental championship and requested that the competition be moved to a neutral venue.
However, Sources close to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja demonstrated that one of the choices that they are reflecting after Shah’s statement is to pull out of the 50-over 2023 ICC World Cup in India.
“The PCB is now prepared to take hard decisions and play hardball because it is also aware that the ICC and ACC events will have to face commercial liabilities and losses if Pakistan does not play India in these multi-team events,”
a senior PCB source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
The PCB when contacted declined to give an official reaction to Shah’s statement.
“We have nothing to say at the moment but yes we will look at things and take up this matter at appropriate forums like the ICC board meeting in Melbourne next month,”
a spokesperson said.
However, it has been determined that PCB Chairman Raja and other senior officials were extremely angry with the announcement by Jay Shah that India would not travel to Pakistan next year and had chosen to take some hard decisions now.
“The PCB officials are surprised at the timing of Jay Shah’s statement because there is still nearly a year to go before the Asia Cup is held in Pakistan in September 2023,”
one insider said.
“The PCB is wondering in what capacity has Jay Shah given the statement that the ACC will look to relocate the Asia Cup to UAE out of Pakistan because the hosting rights were awarded by the executive board of the ACC, not the President,”
the PCB source said.
The PCB sources said that Raja would send a strong letter to the ACC on the matter and would be demanding an emergency meeting of the ACC board to be convened in Melbourne next month to discuss Shah’s statement.
“One option under consideration will be to pull out of the ACC as the PCB believes the ACC was formed to promote and develop cricket in the region and forge unity among the member nations. But the President of the ACC is going to give statements like these, there is no use for Pakistan to remain in the body,”
he added.
