XtraTime Web Desk: It looks like the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is heading for a confrontation with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The situation has so arise following the comments of PCB CEO Wasim Khan. In a media conference held in Karachi, Wasim Khan has asserted the Asia Cup will go ahead as scheduled later this year in either Sri Lanka or the UAE. Khan rejected speculation that the event could be scrapped to make space for the currently suspended Indian Premier League.
“The Asia Cup will go ahead. The Pakistan team returns from England on 2nd September so we can have the tournament in September or October,” he said at a media conference in Karachi.
“There are some things which will only get clear in the due course of time. We are hopeful of having the Asia Cup because Sri Lanka has not had too many cases of the Coronavirus. If they can’t do it, then UAE is also ready,” he added.
Khan said Pakistan, the original host of the event, had agreed to let Sri Lanka conduct it in return for hosting the next regional event. However the Emirates Cricket Board is not happy with the development. In a letter written to the Asiadn Cricket Council they expressed their disappointment.
SLC Chief Shammi Silva spoke to the media immediately after the June 08 ACC meeting and said Sri Lanka will be hosting this year’s edition of the Asia Cup.
It goes to be seen how the BCCI react to the developments as they will go all out to stage the Indian Premier League (IPL) if the T20 World Cup is postponed.