NEW DELHI: The Asian Cricket Council meeting, taking place in Kuala Lumpur Monday and Tuesday, sees the Pakistan Cricket Board ranged against the BCCI on the matter of the hosting the Asian Emerging Nations Cup, which was awarded to the PCB last year.
The BCCI, supported by its counterparts in Bangladesh, has pitched for moving the Asian Emerging Nations Cup out of Pakistan, citing security concerns.
PTI, quoting a senior PCB official, reports that Pakistan will make it clear at the meeting that if India can’t play in the Emerging Nations Cup then Pakistan will also not be able to send its team for the Asia Cup in September in India.
The PCB will try to convince the member boards to move the Asia Cup out of India to a third country like Malaysia or even Sri Lanka so that Pakistan can participate in it, the official told the newswire.
PCB Chairman Najam Sethi and chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad flew out to Kuala Lumpur where Sethi will chair the meeting as ACC president.
PCB is not happy over India’s attempts to move the Asian Emerging Nations Cup out of Pakistan on security grounds. It will adopt a tit for tat policy by insisting it can’t send its team to India for the Asia Cup in the current scenario, the source confirmed.
The ACC meeting will finalise dates for the two tournaments and the Asia Cup Under-19 to be held this year.
The Pakistan and Indian boards are also locked in a compensation case before the ICC disputes resolution committee with the PCB demanding that the BCCI pays them a compensation of around $70 million for rescinding on an MOU signed between the two boards in 2014 under which Pakistan and India were to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023.
