Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi has mentioned that the board stands to lose round $3 million in revenues if Pakistan refuses to play within the Asia Cup this 12 months. Sethi said that this lack of income was “a matter of principle” as Pakistan is because of host the event in September, however uncertainty surrounds the venue of the event as a result of India’s refusal to play in Pakistan.
“We have made it very clear that unless the Asia Cup is held on a hybrid model like we have proposed, that is India playing its matches at an offshore venue and Pakistan hosting the remaining games at home we will not accept any other schedule and neither play,” he mentioned in accordance with PTI. “We will not lose our hosting rights,” he added.
To resolve this concern, Sethi has proposed a “hybrid model” to host the Asia Cup, the place India will play its matches at an offshore venue. Sethi has additionally revealed that 80 per cent of the revenues earned by the Asian Cricket Council come from Pakistan and India matches. However, he acknowledged that if the Asian Cricket Council accepts the hybrid mannequin, it may have a bearing on the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup as properly.
“Security is no excuse for them now and we have told them if their government is not giving them clearance to play in Pakistan show us some written proof of this,” Sethi mentioned. “When all other teams including Australia, England, New Zealand are playing in Pakistan without any issues there should be no security concerns for India to tour Pakistan.”
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Sethi additional famous that relations with the ICC are completely different, and if Pakistan refused to play within the World Cup, it may negatively have an effect on the relations. Therefore, whereas Pakistan is prepared to bear the lack of income, it stays to be seen how this concern can be resolved and what affect it might have on the upcoming tournaments.
