BCCI secretary Jay Shah with PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf© Twitter
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday invited Jay Shah, BCCI Secretary and President of ACC, to wait the outlet fit of the Asia Cup between Pakistan and Nepal on August 30 at Multan. The PCB stated but even so Shah it has additionally invited heads of alternative forums who’re a part of the Asian Cricket Council for the outlet fit. A well-informed supply within the PCB stated the invitation used to be despatched to Shah extra out of hope than any reasonable expectation of him visiting Pakistan.
“The PCB has basically followed up on the invitation which was extended verbally by Chairman Zaka Ashraf to Jay Shah when they both met in Durban for the ICC meeting,” the supply stated.
The Pakistani media had nearest reported that Shah approved the PCB’s invitation, however the BCCI secretary denied this declare.
“The PCB was obviously embarrassed after the Pakistani media reported that Jay Shah had accepted Zaka Ashraf’s invitation and the Indian board official later flatly denied this,” he stated.
Conscious about the prevailing members of the family between Bharat and Pakistan, the supply stated PCB sought after to turn that it does now not combine sports activities with politics by way of extending the invitation to Shah.
“The idea is to basically highlight Pakistan’s chosen stance on cricket relations with India that it does not mix politics with sports,” he added.
The Asia Cup 2023 shall be held from August 30 to September 17 throughout venues in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bharat will play games Pakistan on September 2 in Sri Lanka. The arch-rivals can play games every alternative three times within the continental tournament in the event that they achieve the overall.
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