Javed Miandad criticizes BCCI over Asia Cup row. Pakistan’s cricket legend Javed Miandad lashed out at India for refusing to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023, stating that the neighbors can “go to hell”.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hinted in October that it will withdraw from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and future ICC events in India in the 2024-2031 cycle. The announcement came after Indian officials announced that their team will not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Jay Shah, who is also the chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), declared that India would not send a team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
He made the remarks about shifting the Asia Cup 2023 to a neutral venue “without any discussion or consultation with the Board of the Asian Cricket Council or the Pakistan Cricket Board (event host) and without any thoughts towards their long-term consequences and implications”.
Javed Miandad gave a strong reaction to the reluctance being shown by the neighboring country. He said India could go to hell if it did not want to send its team to Pakistan. Talking to the media, he said Pakistan was not worried about India’s move. He, however, urged the ICC to take measures to control such matters. He demanded the cricketing body handle all the member countries even-handedly.
As Javed Miandad criticizes BCCI over the Asia Cup row, he said India was running away from the consequences of the matches as a crown in a neighboring country was nasty. He said the Indian spectators used to lose their cool after their team faced a defeat.
India’s last visited Pakistan in 2008, while Men in Green’s last visit to neighboring countries was for the 2016 ICC event. The two sides have not engaged in bilateral cricket amid soaring tensions.
The ACC will make a final decision on the venue of Asia Cup 2023 in its Executive Board meeting next month (March).
