The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are still at odds with one another. In the most recent incident, the Zaka Ashraf-led board claimed compensation from ACC due to the low attendance in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 leg in Sri Lanka. Notably, Pakistan intended to host the entire competition on their own grounds, but Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary and head of the ACC, made it quite plain that the Indian squad wouldn’t be going there. The Shah recently explained that some shareholders and broadcasters had reservations about Pakistan hosting the competition.
Since there were many vacant seats in Pallekele for the India-Nepal game, the Sri Lanka leg of the competition has so far had a really dismal turnout.
As a result, PCB expressed their dissatisfaction with the situation and accused ACC of making a decision on a last-minute change of venue without consulting other ACC members.
Following India’s game against Nepal, members of the BCCI, SLC, and PCB met, according to Ashraf. He admitted that the original plan was for moving from Colombo to Hambantota, but ACC revised the plan without consulting anyone.
In the discussion, it was decided to move the matches from Colombo to Hambantota because it was predicted that area would remain dry, according to Ashraf’s letter.
He has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the way Pakistan has been treated and disregarded while important choices about the competition and its locations have been made. Their team has been excellent on the field in the meantime. In the opening Super Four match of the Asia Cup, the Babar Azam-led team overcame Bangladesh by seven wickets and will now face India, one of their bitter rivals.
The pacers are in exceptional form right now, as evidenced by Haris Rauf’s four and Naseem Shah’s three against the Bangla Tigers. Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Rizwan dominated with the bat in Lahore to complete the task.
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