Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan will likely be 50-over competitors, says PCB chief Ramiz Raja
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja mentioned that the 2023 Asia Cup in Pakistan will likely be a 50-over occasion with the Asian Cricket Council persevering with its custom of holding the event in the identical format.
However, the previous Pakistan captain additionally dropped sufficient hints that there’s little or no probability of getting a bilateral collection in opposition to India within the close to future as a “lot of work still needs to be done” to achieve a “comfortable level”.Raja lately attended the ACC meet in Dubai the place he mentioned the modalities of the Asia Cup and in addition had a gathering with BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.”The ACC has agreed and approved that the 2023 event in Pakistan will be a 50-over competition and will be held in September. This aligns very nicely with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, which will be held in October and November (in India),” Raja instructed PCB’s official web site.While Raja mentioned that the event will likely be held in Pakistan, the possibilities of India visiting the neighbouring nation are subsequent to nil if the present political local weather persists, which goes to be the possible case.In that case, one can count on that, like in 2018, the event will likely be shifted to Dubai.”We are looking forward to hosting this tournament in Pakistan and I am confident it will be a well-organized event because this is what the fans want.”The ACC has additionally confirmed subsequent yr’s event in Sri Lanka will likely be performed in a 20-over format and will likely be a prelude to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia from 16 October to 13 November,” Raja added.Indo-Pak bilateral cricketOn his meeting with the BCCI officials, Raja said: “A number of work must be completed to revitalise Pakistan-India cricket however there must be some consolation stage between the 2 boards after which we will see how far we will go. So total, we had a superb dialogue.””I met with BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah on the sidelines of the ACC conferences. We have to create a cricketing bond, whereas I’ve additionally believed that politics ought to steer clear of the game as a lot as potential and this has at all times been our stance,” he reiterated.Raja understands that ACC as a body has no power to dictate terms to a giant like BCCI and that’s the reason he sounded a word of caution for the continental body, knowing that there could be a shift to the Asia Cup by the time 2023 arrives.”The ACC was set as much as create a unified strategy and collective stance in order that we had one voice and if there was a state of affairs, all stood collectively.”I would like to see our relationship with other boards and the ACC to be strong so that if there is an issue like we had with the withdrawal of a couple of sides, a strong and joint statement could come out from the ACC platform.”My message on the ACC was that we must always not neglect this philosophy and I’m optimistic there will likely be higher outcomes in future,” he concluded.
