The International Cricket Council chairman Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice are reportedly in Pakistan and are searching for assurances from the board that it will ship its workforce for the World Cup in India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Pakistan Cricket Board are seemingly not on the identical web page over the venue for the Asia Cup 2023. As per a report by PTI, the ICC top brass are in Lahore and are searching for for PCB to not push for a hybrid mannequin for the ODI World Cup in India.
The improvement comes after the chief of PCB Najam Sethi mentioned that the Men in Green will not come to India for the 50-over match if the Men in Blue doesn’t travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. “The ICC and World Cup hosts, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are concerned with the hybrid model being pushed by Najam Sethi who heads the cricket management committee of the PCB,” an insider informed as quoted by PTI.
“Although the hybrid model has been suggested by Sethi for the Asia Cup which precedes the ICC event, the concern remains that once accepted for the regional event the PCB might also then ask the ICC to implement it for the World Cup when it comes to Pakistan playing in India,” the insider added.
India and Pakistan matches are a blessing for viewers as audiences like to watch these two arch rivals locking horns. Moreover, as the 2 neighbours do not play bilateral collection, the thrill seemingly goes up. “Naturally neither the ICC nor the BCCI want such a situation since Pakistan’s unequivocal participation in matches in India would guarantee the success of Indo-Pakistan matches and also the tournament itself,” the supply added.
Sources say that that is the rationale why BCCI and Jay Shah will not be wanting to settle for the hybrid mannequin for the Asia Cup. BCCI and PCB will not be on the identical web page concerning the venue of the Asia Cup. While PCB desires the match to be held in a hybrid mannequin, sources inform that BCCI secretary Jay Shah is reluctant of accepting the mentioned mannequin. He is reportedly wanting only some matches of the regional occasion to be held in Pakistan and the remainder to performed in different venues like UAE and Sri Lanka.
