Bangladesh might host ACC tournament


BCCI refused to send its team to the Asia Emerging Nations Cup scheduled in Pakistan this April. The tournament's organization in the country is also at stake now.
The Emerging Nations Cup is a List A tournament consists of eight teams including Malaysia, Nepal, Afghanistan, Hong Kong along with the other four Asian Test-playing nations' U-23 teams. According to Pakistan Cricket Board official, the tournament might be shifted to either Sri Lanka or Bangladesh.
"We agreed to host the event in April this year on the understanding that all nations would participate in it," he said.
PCB chairman Najam Sethi reportedly said that as head of the Asian Cricket Council, he will soon call a meeting in Colombo to take final decisions on the Asia Emerging Nations Cup and Asia Cup.

India has consistently refused to play Pakistan in a bilateral series since the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai. And even in the ICC and ACC forums, it has been reluctant to give any concessions to Pakistan.
Sethi made it clear that Pakistan’s participation in this year’s Asia Cup in India is also conditional. His participation in the ICC board meetings in Kolkata in April would be dependent on whether the ICC could obtain a visa for him from India.
"I have no interest in traveling to India. If the Indian authorities issue a visa I will go if not the ICC should see," he said.
Sethi also hinted that the next meeting of the ACC would be conclusive as venues and dates for the Asian Emerging Nations and Asia Cup events would be decided.
"We will soon decide the dates for the meeting in Colombo," he concluded.