We did not agree to visit Pakistan in lieu of hosting Asia Cup- BCB
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Wednesday that they did not agree to visit Pakistan thrice inside four months in lieu of hosting Asia Cup at their own back yard, scheduled in September 2020.
There is a huge speculation going around the cricket fraternity that BCB agreed on the proposal of PCB after they had received green signal that they will host the upcoming edition of Asia Cup that is originally scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan.
As India will not travel to Pakistan it is understood that the Asia Cup will be hosted by either Bangladesh or Sri Lanka with BCB having a upper-hand after agreeing to visit Pakistan on three occasions, who are determined to bring back yard in the recent past.
However, BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury dismissed any such claim.
‘’As India is neither ready to travel to Pakistan nor ready to host the tournament either Bangladesh or Sri Lanka would be ideal candidate for hosting the tournament,’’ said Nizamuddin.
‘’This is nothing like that. There is no relation between Asia Cup and the series. There was a discussion regarding finalizing the Asia Cup venue on the sidelines of the meeting. Pakistan is the host of the tournament but they may not host it as India will not tour Pakistan,’’ he said.
‘’Pakistan may give a proposal of hosting half of the matches in Pakistan and the matches of India to be hosted in Dubai or Malaysia. But it is not a real thing because it is very expensive and it will take long time,’’ he said.
‘Pakistan will not want to see Asia Cup not happening because they will then lose three million dollar. There will be a discussion about the venue on February during the ACC meeting. If we want to host the event, Pakistan may agree or disagree to our proposal,’’ he said.
