Confusion over the host venue for the 2023 Asia Cup does not seem to end.
While Pakistan is the designated host, BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also
the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) head, last year said that India won’t be
travelling to the country for the continental event.
While the decision over the venue of the Asia Cup has been put off in
the latest ACC meeting, veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently
gave his take on the topic. Ashwin, in a video on his YouTube channel,
doesn’t think it is possible for Pakistan to skip the ODI World Cup in
India if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refuses to travel
to their country for the Asia Cup.”Asia Cup was supposed to take place in Pakistan. But, India has announced
that if it takes place in Pakistan, then we won’t be participating. When we
say Asia Cup won’t go to their place, they will say that they will also not
come to our place,” Ashwin said. The finger-spinner played down Pakistan’s
“ODI World Cup threat’, suggesting it is not possible for them to give that
tournament a miss.
While Pakistan is the designated host, BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also
the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) head, last year said that India won’t be
travelling to the country for the continental event.
While the decision over the venue of the Asia Cup has been put off in
the latest ACC meeting, veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently
gave his take on the topic. Ashwin, in a video on his YouTube channel,
doesn’t think it is possible for Pakistan to skip the ODI World Cup in
India if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refuses to travel
to their country for the Asia Cup.”Asia Cup was supposed to take place in Pakistan. But, India has announced
that if it takes place in Pakistan, then we won’t be participating. When we
say Asia Cup won’t go to their place, they will say that they will also not
come to our place,” Ashwin said. The finger-spinner played down Pakistan’s
“ODI World Cup threat’, suggesting it is not possible for them to give that
tournament a miss.