India’s decision to not travel to Pakistan has met with a powerful response from ex-Pakistani gamers and Imran Nazir is the newest to be part of the listing. In a dialog on the Nadir Ali Podcast, Nazir said that India is simply afraid of losing in Pakistan and that security causes are only a cover-up.Â
He additional added that many groups together with, however not restricted to Australia have travelled to Pakistan and so they have not confronted any points. He additionally talked about that when the events concerned convey politics into the sport, there is no such thing as a turning again.Â
“There is no security reason. Just look at how many teams have been to Pakistan. Forget A teams, even Australia visited. These are all just cover-ups. The truth is that India won’t come to Pakistan [for Asia Cup] because they are afraid of losing. Security is just an excuse. Come and play cricket. When you start playing politics, there is no way back,” he stated on the Nadir Ali Podcast.
As per a report by ESPN Cricinfo, Pakistan is probably going to host the venue and India’s matches might be held at one other abroad venue. The report added that BCCI and PCB are actually transferring in the direction of a decision and the 2 groups – India and Pakistan can face one another exterior Pakistan. Though there are not any venues confirmed for India’s fixture, the video games can probably be held in UAE, Oman or Sri Lanka. There might be 5 matches held at these venues, together with two India vs Pakistan contests.Â
Nazir completed by saying that India can’t tolerate losing a sport towards Pakistan and added that all the world, together with the cricketers love being half of India vs Pakistan video games.Â
“People want to watch India vs Pakistan games because there is a different level of excitement to it. The entire world knows it. Even we as cricketers feel that for cricket to reach every corner of the world, India-Pakistan matches need to happen. We used to play so much cricket. They are such a balanced tea but India cannot tolerate losing. It’s a game; you’ll win some, you’ll lose some,”
In the primary formal assembly between BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB chairman Najam Sethi held in Bahrain on February 4, the dialogue concerning the venue of Asia Cup 2023 happened however the last decision was withheld.