Ramiz Raja, the Pakistan Cricket (PCB) chief has actually stated that the Babar Azam-led side will not take a trip to India for the ODI World Cup 2023 if Team India do not visit their nation for next year’s Asia Cup, which is arranged to be played in Pakistan. The declaration from Raja follows BCCI secretary Jay Shah revealed that the Men in Blue will not take a trip to the neighbour nation to take in the Asia Cup2023 Jay Shah, who is likewise the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) last month stated that the Indian group will not take a trip to Pakistan for the Continental champion and required that the occasion be transferred to a neutral location.
Shah’s remark had actually ruffled some plumes in Pakistan then and PCB asked for the Asian Cricket Council to assemble an emergency situation conference.
In the current advancement, the PCB chief when again repeated his position on the tussle.
” If Pakistan does not participate in the World Cup set up in India next year, who will enjoy it? We have a clear stand: If the Indian group comes here then we will choose the World Cup. If they do not come then they can play the World Cup without us,” Raja informed Urdu News.
Ramiz Raja states that if India do not play the Asia Cup in Pakistan, Pakistan will not play the World Cup in India next year. #Cricket pic.twitter.com/8IizhYGN2E – Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) November 25, 2022
” We will embrace an aggressive technique. Our group is revealing efficiency. I’ve constantly stated we require to enhance the economy of Pakistan cricket, which can just take place when we carry out well. In the 2021 T20 World Cup, we beat India. We beat India in the T20 Asia Cup. In one year, the Pakistan cricket group beat a billion-dollar economy group two times,” he included.
The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, to be hosted by India, will be the 13 th edition of the 50- over World Cup. India will be hosting the quadrennial competition for the 4th time in its history and it is extremely not likely that the mega occasion will be vacated the nation.
Notably, Pakistan and India do not play bilateral cricket and just satisfy in worldwide competitions or multi-team occasions given that 2013 due to stretched political stress in between the 2 nations.
India’s last journey to Pakistan was for the 2008 Asia Cup, while Pakistan’s last check out to India was for the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup. The 2 groups last played each other at the 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup in Melbourne on October23 (With IANS inputs)