Asia Cup 2023: In a current improvement over the venue of the Asia Cup 2023, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have reportedly authorised Pakistan’s hybrid mannequin to host the event. Pakistan are hoping to discover a resolution over the venue of the event after India denied travelling to the neighbouring nation.
As per a report by Pakistan’s Geo News, each Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have now expressed their willingness to assist Pakistan’s hybrid mannequin. Moreover, the report provides that Asian Cricket Council President Jay Shah will chair a meeting with ACC Board members to assess the proposal of the host nation Pakistan.
Pakistan have reportedly provided two choices of their hybrid mannequin. The first one contains India enjoying their matches at a impartial venue, whereas the opposite video games will likely be held in Pakistan. The second one says that 4 group stage matches within the preliminary section of the occasion will happen in Pakistan whereas the Indian matches within the second section adopted by subsequent stage matches and the ultimate to be performed outdoors Pakistan.
It is being learnt that the 2 ACC members have agreed upon the second possibility. India, Pakistan and Nepal are in Group 1, whereas Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in group 2. Also, it’s being stated that an official meeting of the council will likely be referred to as by finish of May to resolve on the way forward for the occasion.
Meanwhile, the PCB chairman had not too long ago confirmed that the way forward for the event will likely be determined inside the subsequent two weeks and nothing has been finalised but. “Nothing has been finalised yet. We will have the decision on Asia Cup cricket within the next two weeks,” Sethi advised The News.Â
Earlier there have been reviews that each Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have opposed the hybrid mannequin proposal. “Najam Sethi (PCB chairman) was in Dubai today to procure support but to his horror, there were no takers for his proposal of Pakistan playing its games in Karachi or Lahore and India playing in UAE. Sri Lanka was always with BCCI and now even Bangladesh Cricket Board seemed opposed to the idea,” an ACC supply advised PTI.Â
“ACC has always maintained that in principle the ‘hybrid model’ is unacceptable and the budgetary sanctions can never be passed. Also, it’s not about Pakistan hosting its own matches. It also means that if India and Pakistan are in the same group, the third team will be travelling to and fro between Dubai and a city in Pakistan,” the supply added.
