Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam (left) and Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma may be seen with the Asia Cup trophy throughout a match day. — AFP/File
This 12 months’s Asia Cup hangs within the steadiness following the latest clashes between match hosts India and arch-rivals Pakistan.
Already-soured relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours additional worsened after 4 days of intense preventing earlier than a ceasefire was introduced final month.
India are scheduled to host the Asia Cup, a flagship occasion of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in September however uncertainty lingers over the T20 match.
“To be honest, we have had no discussions within the board about the Asia Cup,” a prime official of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) instructed Reuters on Tuesday, refusing to verify whether or not the match will go forward as scheduled.
“We have been busy with the Indian Premier League and then we have India’s tour of England. These are our immediate concerns,” he added.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was not forthcoming about its group’s participation within the match in India both.
“We will cross that bridge when we come to it,” the PCB instructed Reuters in an announcement.
ACC president Mohsin Naqvi, who additionally heads the PCB, was not accessible to remark.
The ACC on Monday introduced the postponement of the ladies’s Rising Asia Cup, which was attributable to start on Friday, citing climate circumstances and the unfold of the viral illness chikungunya in host nation Sri Lanka.
India will host the ladies’s 50-overs World this 12 months however Pakistan will play all their matches in Sri Lanka below an association made by the Worldwide Cricket Council.
India refused to journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy this 12 months and performed all their matches, together with the March 9 ultimate, in Dubai.
Bilateral cricket has been suspended since 2013 between the Asian neighbours, who play one another solely in multi-team occasions.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir is towards enjoying Pakistan even in impartial venues however will comply with regardless of the BCCI determined, he stated final month.
