MUMBAI: Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia has denied the report that the BCCI has determined to drag out of all tournaments organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to isolate Pakistan, following the escalating cross-border tensions between the 2 neighbouring nations.In an announcement to TOI on Monday, Saikia stated, “Since this morning, it has come to our discover about some information gadgets about BCCI’s choice to not take part within the Asia Cup and Girls’s Rising Groups Asia Cup, each ACC’s occasions. Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Such information are devoid of any reality as until now, the BCCI has not even mentioned or taken any such steps relating to ensuing ACC occasions, depart alone writing something to the ACC. At this stage, our prime focus is on the continued IPL and subsequent England collection, each women and men.”
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“The Asia Cup matter or every other ACC occasion subject has not come up for dialogue at any stage, therefore any information or report on that’s purely speculative and imaginary. It could be stated that the BCCI, as and when any dialogue on any ACC occasions takes place and any vital choice is reached, the identical might be introduced via the media,” Saikia added.In keeping with reviews, the BCCI has already knowledgeable the ACC about its choice to withdraw from the Girls’s Rising Groups Asia Cup, scheduled to be held subsequent month in Sri Lanka, and from the Males’s Asia Cup, scheduled for September, the place India is the host nation. The reviews cited that one of many key causes behind the transfer is that the ACC is presently headed by Mohsin Naqvi, who is just not solely the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, but in addition the Inside Minister within the Pakistan authorities.
India is meant to host the Asia Cup in Sept, however the match might be beneath an enormous cloud if India pulls out of it. It’s to be famous that the occasion will barely have any significance with out an India-Pakistan sport. In 2024, Sony Footage Networks India (SPNI) secured a US$ 170 million deal for media rights for the following eight years for the Asia Cup.
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