ISLAMABAD – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has claimedthat the time slot Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is telling for the upcomingAsia Cup is not suitable for them.
PCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan earlier said that the 2020Asia Cup will be held in the September or October window and the possiblevenue will be Sri Lanka or United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Wasim also said if the Twenty20 World Cup got postponed, the BCCI thenplans to hold the Indian Premier League (IPL) in that slot, but PCB isthinking otherwise.
In response to that, a board functionary in the know of developmentsproposed PCB to postpone their Pakistan Super League (PSL) next season andhost the Asia Cup in that window.
“Asia Cup will be a struggle this year. Going by the statement of the ChiefExecutive of the PCB, the window that suits them doesn’t suit India. Maybethey can postpone PSL next year if BCCI is able to open up a window duringthat period. Otherwise conducting the Asia Cup doesn’t seem too practicalas these are challenging times,” the functionary said.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, PCB kept holding their knockoutstages of PCL. They’re now looking to stage that in the November window andare willing to play the next season in the regular time frame, which isFebruary-March.
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The BCCI has already cleared the air that the matches of the domesticcricket and bilateral series will be the main focus of area for the BCCIwhen cricket restarts in the post-COVID era.
Also, the players are even eyeing for IPL which could be the besttournament to start. The Indian cricket board has recently announced thattours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have been postponed due to the COVID-19pandemic.
“The Indian cricket team will not travel to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe owing tothe current threat of COVID-19. Team India was originally scheduled totravel to the island nation from 24th June 2020 for three ODIs and as manyT20Is and to Zimbabwe for a series comprising three ODIs starting 22ndAugust 2020,” the BCCI said in a press release.
“As stated in the earlier press release issued on 17th May, the BCCI willconduct a camp for its contracted players only when it is completely safeto train outdoors,” the media release concluded.
