Pakistan and India Cricket Boards are already having disagreements over the Asia Cup 2023. While the Indian board is insisting on playing on the neutral venue, the PCB has asked their ODI World Cup matches to be shifted outside India. Meanwhile, the Pakistani board might have picked another fight but with Sri Lanka Cricket. Apparently, PCB has threatened to boycott the Test series against Sri Lanka later this year.
The reason for that is SLC’s non-acceptance of hybrid model in which Sri Lanka will play their games in Pakistan. Sri Lanka wants the tournament to be shifted on either a neutral venue or to be played in Pakistan entirely. However, the latter is not possible as India won’t travel to Pakistan. Meanwhile, PCB has threatened to boycotting the Test series in Sri Lanka which has left the fans unimpressed.
This is how Twitter reacted
— ?????? ? ?? ? ? (@xpher_nxvxii) May 15, 2023
Beggers can never be choosers so pipe down!!
— Vaibhav (@Vaibhav_KY) May 15, 2023
Ek din aisaa aayega ki kahi PCB ko hi Cricket se boycott kiya jaaye ??????
— ?????? ? ?? ? ? (@xpher_nxvxii) May 15, 2023
The loss is for Pak. SL take home 24 points
— Cow Corner (@CowCorner183) May 15, 2023
So that means sri lanka will get 24 points directly as pakistan will have forfeited their tour ?
— Arush?? (@Arush71598600) May 15, 2023
sab boycott kardo tum…
have you heard, beggars cant be choosers..
but i still say, India should visit Pak to play cricket..
keep sports nd politics far far away…— ANKUR GUPTA (@hon786ey) May 15, 2023
Then srilanka should get those WTC points if they choose to forfeit….good for srilanka i guess
— Shreyansh Kesarwani (@ShreyanshKesar4) May 15, 2023
I didn't think PCB is such a poor board. They don't understand the fact that this Asia Cup is 50 overs not T20. In extreme heat in September UAE hosted an IPL and Asia cup but they were T20 matches.
— Kinura Dias (@KinuraDias) May 15, 2023
Ha bhai khud hi isolate ho javo ab cricket me bhi . Aap diplomacy me to already puri dunia se isolate ho hi chuke ho.
— Anil Saini (@anilsaini2601) May 15, 2023
Yes Pakistan should sit back at home and boycott each and every series for next 10 years.
— Avinash (@avinash4luv) May 15, 2023
This is the best way to stop us from coming to India: Najam Sethi
Apart from having a recent trouble with SLC, PCB is having strong disagreement about playing their arch-rivals, India. Apparently, the game has scheduled in Ahmedabad and the PCB claims to have security in Gujarat’s capital city.
“When I heard that the Pakistan match was to be in Ahmedabad, I smiled and said to myself – ‘this is one way to make sure we don’t come to India’. I mean if you’d said Chennai or Kolkata, it might have made sense,” he said.
“I don’t want to go into the politics of it but certainly there seems to be a political angle to this because if there’s one city where we might have security issues, it’s Ahmedabad. And therefore, I think the less said about that, the better. It gave the impression that this was a red herring that was thrown in our way to tell us, ‘hey, we are going to play you in Ahmedabad and you watch out. You know who rules Ahmedabad,’” Sethi added.
