On Friday, a meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was held in Dubai to discuss that the next Asian World Cup will be hosted by Pakistan.
In the meeting, chairmen of all the Asian cricket teams gathered and secretary of Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) Jay shah admitted that now it is Pakistan’s turn to host the mega event.
It is reported that the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had a sidelined meeting where both discussed cooperation on the revival of mutual cricket among the Asian block and other matters of mutual interest. It is also reported that the BCCI president invited his PCB counterpart to attend the matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Although the meetings were held in a healthy environment, but the recent developments in India present an opposite image. Banning Pakistani cricket has emerged as a top trend on Twitter in India. The talks of cooperation on a higher level while hatred at national level can have repercussions on the future events of cricket in general and tour of Indian cricket team to Pakistan for Asian world cup more specifically.
Author: Iqra Arif