Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi needs India to make the first move and travel to Pakistan to play within the Asia Cup. Sethi has additionally revealed that they’ve been suggested to organise the Asia Cup at a impartial venue and additionally travel to India for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.Â
Pakistan’s overseas minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will go to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council subsequent month and Sethi’s remarks got here in response to a query concerning the go to. “Our contention is that India should make the first move and come over to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup,” Sethi mentioned as quoted by Geo News. Meanwhile, he made a revelation that they’re suggested to organise Asia Cup at a impartial venue.Â
“We have been told that, maybe, the ice will keep on melting. If this happens when the Champions Trophy is held in Pakistan in 2025, India would consider playing in Pakistan. We have been advised to play the Asia Cup at a neutral venue and also go to India for the World Cup,” he added.
Sethi additionally mentioned that they’ve proposed a hybrid mannequin the place India can play their Asia Cup matches at a impartial venue whereas Pakistan and different groups can play within the host nation. “We have decided on this hybrid model that Pakistan plays its Asia Cup matches at home and India their matches at a neutral venue and that is our proposal to the Asian Cricket Council,” mentioned Sethi. As reported by PTI, Sethi despatched a proposal on the hybrid mannequin to the ACC. He additionally mentioned that the hybrid mannequin must also be utilized on the time of the World Cup. “We feel this hybrid experiment can also be applied when it is time for the World Cup,” Sethi mentioned.
The Asia Cup was scheduled in September this yr however BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who can also be the ACC chairman, introduced in October 2022 that India won’t travel to Pakistan. In the first formal assembly between BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB chairman Najam Sethi held in Bahrain on February 4, the dialogue relating to the venue of Asia Cup 2023 occurred however the closing choice was withheld.
