Since Jay Shah claimed that India won’t visit Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup, a dispute appears to have broken out between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The PCB chairman, Ramiz Raja, responded to Shah’s remarks by stating that if the Indian players do not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, his team will not travel to India for the ODI World Cup, which also occurs in 2019.
Raja’s remarks on the subject have now prompted a response from former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
Gambhir, as quoted by the news agency ANI, said that whatever decision is taken by the two boards, will be taken collectively.
“This is the decision of BCCI and PCB. Whatever decision they take, they will take it together,” he had told ANI.
Earlier, Ramiz Raja had said on Urdu News that the Pakistan team wouldn’t travel to India for the ODI World Cup next year if the BCCI doesn’t send its team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
“If Pakistan doesn’t take part in the World Cup scheduled in India next year, who will watch it? We have a clear stand: If the Indian team comes here then we will go for the World Cup. If they don’t come then they can play the World Cup without us. We will adopt an aggressive approach. Our team is showing performance. I’ve always said we need to improve the economy of Pakistan cricket, and that can only happen when we perform well. In the 2021 T20 World Cup, we beat India. We beat India in the T20 Asia Cup. In one year, the Pakistan cricket team defeated a billion-dollar economy team twice.”
