Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clarified that there have been no discussions on a impartial venue for the Pakistan cricket staff for its matches within the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. However, the PCB confirmed that the place taken by its chairman, Najam Sethi, and the administration committee over holding India’s matches at a impartial venue for the Asia Cup 2023 as an alternative of Pakistan remains to be underneath dialogue.
Sethi briefed the media on the hybrid mannequin he had introduced to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) officers for the Asia Cup to finish the deadlock that had been created following the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) determination to not ship its staff to Pakistan. The proposal, which is to play India’s matches at a impartial venue and the remainder in Pakistan, is underneath dialogue throughout the ACC. The official assertion from the PCB referred to the media speak in Rawalpindi/Islamabad.
The assertion additionally talked about that the matter of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, scheduled in October, has not been mooted or mentioned at any ICC discussion board thus far. The PCB clarified that it’s dissatisfied with the wrong studies doing the rounds in numerous media shops relating to impartial venues for Pakistan’s video games within the 2023 ODI World Cup. The PCB accused a number one English-language newspaper of misquoting, misinterpreting, and misrepresenting Sethi’s feedback and giving the impression that the PCB’s hybrid mannequin was introduced and mentioned on the ICC, which is factually incorrect.
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The PCB said that at this stage, it is just in discussions with the ACC over the internet hosting of the Asia Cup, and no discussions relating to the World Cup have taken place with the ICC. However, this isn’t to say that the hybrid mannequin is not going to be advocated on the correct ICC discussion board on the proper time. The PCB goals to make clear the matter and ensure that the proper data is shared with the general public.
