For Playing 2023 World Cup Matches, Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Najam Sethi Proposes This

11.05.2023 - 16:07 sports.ndtv.com

The confusion regarding the host venue of the 2023 Asia Cup still remains. While it was scheduled to be held in Pakistan, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah, who is also the head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in October last year said that India won't travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.

After that statement, the deliberations have been going on regarding the host venue of the continental event. A hybrid model has also been proposed, in which the plan is to shift India's Asia Cup matches outside Pakistan, but no final decision has been made regarding that too.

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi, in an interview to Sports Tak on Thursday, talked about the proposed 'hybrid model' for the Asia Cup. "The last meeting of the Asian Cricket Council was in Bahrain last month.

I was part of that meeting. Two things that came out of the meeting were, one, if India doesn't play in Pakistan, then a neutral venue should be the option.

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