Pakistan plays threat card: ‘We will not play in 2023 World Cup if BCCI skips Asia Cup next year’

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Earlier
in
October,
BCCI
secretary
Jay
Shah
completely
dismissed
the
speculations
of
India
travelling
to
Pakistan
for
the
event
and
said
that
the
Asia
Cup
2023
would
be
held
at
a
neutral
venue.

Raja
pointed
out
that
an
aggressive
approach
will
be
adopted,
considering
their
performances
have
been
great
and
they
defeated
the
“board
of
billion
dollar
economy”
twice
in
one
year,
referring
to
India’s
losses
to
arch-rivals
Pakistan
in
the
2021
T20
World
Cup
and
Asia
Cup
this
year.

“Our
position
is
blunt
that
if
they
(Indian
team)
come
then
we
will
go
to
the
World
Cup,
if
they
do
not
come
then
let
them
do
it.
Let
them
play
without
Pakistan.
If
Pakistan
does
not
participate
in
the
World
Cup
scheduled
in
India
next
year,
who
will
see
it?

“We
will
adopt
an
aggressive
approach,
our
team
is
showing
performance,
we
have
defeated
the
biggest
business-making
cricket
team
in
the
world,
we
have
played
in
the
final
of
the
T20
World
Cup,”
Ramiz
told
Pakistan
media.

“I
have
always
said
that
we
have
to
improve
the
economy
of
Pakistan
cricket
and
that
will
only
happen
when
our
team
performs
well,
we
have
done
it
in
the
2021
T20
World
Cup.
We
beat
India
in
the
Asia
Cup,
Pakistan
cricket
team
has
beaten
the
board
of
billion
dollar
economy
twice
in
one
year,”
he
said.

After
Shah’s
statement
about
holding
Asia
Cup
at
a
neutral
venue,
PCB
issued
a
statement
saying,
“The
overall
impact
of
such
statements
has
the
potential
to
split
the
Asian
and
international
cricketing
communities
and
can
impact
Pakistan’s
visit
to
India
for
the
ICC
Cricket
World
Cup
2023
and
future
ICC
Events
in
India
in
the
2024-2031
cycle.”

Following
PCB’s
statement,
Union
Sports
Minister
Anurag
Thakur
said
that
India
will
host
the
2023
WC
with
all
teams.

The
Sports
Minister
said
that
India
is
not
afraid
of
any
threat
and
it
will
not
stop
them
from
hosting
the
tournament.

“It
is
an
internal
matter
of
BCCI
and
it
will
handle
the
issue
smartly.
We
have
not
done
anything
wrong
yet
while
hosting
international
tournaments
before.
We
have
hosted
World
Cup
successfully
before
and
all
teams
participated
happily.
We
will
host
the
tournament
next
year
and
all
teams
will
play
in
it,”
Thakur
had
said
in
October.

BCCI
President
Roger
Binny
also
said
that
touring
Pakistan
for
Asia
Cup
2023
is
not
the
board’s
call,
but
they
will
rely
on
the
government’s
decision.

“That
is
not
our
call.
We
cannot
say
where
our
team
has
to
go.
We
need
to
take
clearance
from
the
government
if
we
leave
the
country,
or
other
countries
come
here.

“We
cannot
take
that
decision
on
our
own,
we
have
to
rely
on
government,”
Binny
had
said.

Afterwards,
Indian
skipper
Rohit
Sharma
also
said
that
the
Men
in
Blue
would
focus
on
the
T20
World
Cup
and
stick
to
guidelines
set
by
the
apex
board
for
cricket
in
India
referring
to
BCCI
secretary
Jay
Shah’s
remarks
concerning
India’s
travel
to
Pakistan
for
the
2023
Asia
Cup.

“My
focus
is
on
World
Cup.
Whatever
BCCI
decides
we
will
go
by
that,”
Rohit
had
said
while
addressing
a
press
conference
ahead
of
the
high-voltage
clash
against
Pakistan.

The
year
2023
will
mark
the
first
time
ever
that
India
will
host
the
marquee
cricketing
event
by
itself.
It
co-hosted
the
1987
World
Cup
with
Pakistan
and
the
1996
World
Cup
with
Pakistan
and
Sri
Lanka.

The
tournament
made
its
return
to
India
in
2011
when
it
cohosted
it
along
with
Sri
Lanka
and
Bangladesh.
India
also
emerged
victorious
in
the
2011
edition
of
the
tournament.

Also,
flagship
tournaments
are
supposed
to
be
held
in
Pakistan
as
the
country
is
scheduled
to
host
the
forthcoming
edition
of
the
Asia
Cup
in
2023
followed
by
the
2025
ICC
Champions
Trophy.

The
cricket
teams
had
stopped
touring
Pakistan
after
a
terrorist
attack
on
the
Sri
Lankan
team
back
in
2009.
It
was
only
in
2015
that
international
tours
resumed
in
the
country.

Since
then,
Zimbabwe,
Sri
Lanka,
Australia
and
England
are
some
of
the
teams
that
have
toured
Pakistan
for
bilateral
series.

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