A final decision on whether Pakistan will host the 2023 Asia Cup is now expected in March, after the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Bahrain failed to reach a breakthrough. They will meet again around the next set of ICC meetings after a month.
This led to a stalemate that needs to be revisited in March when the ICC and ACC meet back-to-back. The PCB believes that all tournaments, be it the Asia Cup, the 2023 World Cup or the 2025 Champions Trophy, are to be held in Pakistan. Depending on what happens in those March meetings – and the PCB is likely to go with the same stance again – the decision may be left to the Pakistan government to decide.
Also, all ACC members are believed to have been asked to seek their government’s position on whether their teams can travel to Pakistan.
After years of isolation following the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009, Pakistan has returned to regularly hosting international cricket in the last three years, with almost all full members (except India) in the red and whites. Tour the country for the ball. Cricket
The relationship between Pakistan and India has deteriorated over the years as a result of the stormy political relations between the two countries. India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series since 2012–13, when Pakistan toured India for a limited-overs series. Their competition has been limited to ICC and ACC events, and while the Indian men’s team has not played a match in Pakistan since 2008, Pakistan last traveled to India for the 2016 T20 World Cup. was
“Whatever the position is, it will be in Pakistan’s interest,” PCB said in January with Sethi in its stance on hosting the 2023 Asia Cup.
