‘India will play Asia Cup at neutral place’, Jay Shah’s statement stunned Pakistan, gave this threat regarding ODI World Cup

The conflict in relations between India and Pakistan is not hidden from anyone. Due to the conflict in the relationship, cricket has also been affected. The bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan has been closed since 2012. In the midst of all this, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah also made a big statement about the Asia Cup to be held next year. Today Jay Shah had said that India will play the Asia Cup match at a neutral venue. This means that Team India is not going to tour there for the Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan next year. However, Jay Shah also said that the government allows the team to travel to Pakistan. He cannot interfere in that.

 

Now Pakistan is furious about this statement of Jai Shah. Sources close to Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Rameez Raja claimed after Shah’s statement that he is contemplating pulling out of the ODI World Cup to be held in India. Let us tell you that the ODI World Cup is to be played in the beginning of 2023, which is being hosted by India. According to sources, the PCB is now ready to take a big decision. The PCB also knows very well that if there is no match between India and Pakistan in these big competition, then somewhere the ICC and ACC will also suffer. This is the reason why he has given such statements to put pressure on India. However, no official statement has been made by the PCB. The PCB spokesperson has clearly said that we will look into the circumstances and take up the issue with the ICC.

 

Let us tell you that the competition between India and Pakistan is seen only in global or continental competitions. However, the Indian team has not toured Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup. At the same time, the Pakistan team last visited India in 2012 for a limited overs bilateral series. Currently T20 World Cup is going on. The match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup is being played on 23 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Team India has a good chance to avenge the defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the 2021 World Cup. Recently, there were also matches between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup. India won one match. So the second match was won by Pakistan. Rohit Sharma is currently captaining India, while Babar Azam is captaining the Pakistan team.