We Won’t Go To India For World Cup If They Don’t Travel To Pakistan For Asia Cup, Says Ramiz Raja: A major showdown is coming up, as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja warned India that the Pakistani cricket team won’t play the Asian Cup if India pulls out of the tournament.
Pakistan is set to host the 2023 Asia Cup, as Board of Control for Cricket in India’s secretary Jay Shah has already confirmed that Team India won’t be touring Pakistan.
If Pakistan doesn’t take part in the World Cup scheduled in India next year, who will watch it? We have a clear stand: If the Indian team comes here then we will go for the World Cup. If they don’t come then they can play the World Cup without us.
“If we want to grow Pakistan’s economy, we need to do more than just perform better. I’ve always said that we need to pursue an aggressive approach to the game, and our performance has proven me right. In the T20 World Cup of 2021, we beat India. In the T20 Asia Cup last year, we beat India twice. You can’t argue with our results.”
Shah, who leads the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in addition to the Pakistani government, said that India would not be traveling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, and that the tournament would be moved to a neutral venue.
The 2019 World Cup will be hosted in India. In 2024, Pakistan is scheduled to host the Asia Cup. By 2025, it is also supposed to host the Champions Trophy.
President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Roger Binny, has said that a decision on Team India travelling to Pakistan for the week-long Asia Cup 2023 is not in their hands and is left up to the government.
The Asia Cup tournament has been played in UAE for the last two years, so it could be moved out of Pakistan. In 2018, the BCCI had hosting responsibilities but couldn’t host. Sri Lanka was supposed to host in 2022, but once again the tournament was played in UAE.
The Men in Green only played one game during the 2016 World T20 Cup and that was in India. As a result of the political situation, bilateral cricket is suspended between India and Pakistan so they only play each other in tournaments where there are more than two teams.
