Will India go to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 ?

• Will India go to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 ?

Pakistan will not host the Asia Cup in 2023. This competition will take place in a neutral site. This was confirmed by Secretary Jai Shah following the BCCI AGM in Mumbai. According to Jai Shah, the Asia Cup will take place at a neutral site in 2019. We won’t comment because the government is the one who determines whether to allow the Indian team to visit Pakistan. However, it has been determined that the Asia Cup would take place at a neutral location in 2023.

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  Jai Shah, the secretary of the BCCI announced.

According to the article on Cricbuzz, Jai Shah, the secretary of the BCCI and the president of the Asian Cricket Council, claimed that the Asia Cup’s neutral venue is unimportant. The decision has been made that the Indian team won’t visit Pakistan. We’ll perform at a neutral location.

It was decided to provide Sri Lanka the hosting rights for the 2022 Asia Cup. But the competition was hosted in the UAE because of the political climate there. This competition will be played in Pakistan using a 50-over format in 2023. After that, India will host the ODI World Cup. There were initial rumours that the BCCI had left the option open for the Indian squad to travel to Pakistan to compete in the Asia Cup. Jai Shah, who travelled to attend the BCCI AGM, however, made it clear that the topic of travelling to Pakistan was not even brought up during the meeting.

• Pakistan is now hosting two significant ICC tournaments for the first time.

Pakistan has been given the chance to host two significant ICC events over the course of the next three years, according to the ICC’s recently issued Future Tour Programme, or FTP. Pakistan will also host the 2025 Champions Trophy and an Asia Cup, all of which will be contested in the 50-over format. After almost ten years, international cricket has returned to Pakistan. Pakistan is now hosting two significant ICC tournaments for the first time. But it remains to be seen what Pakistan’s position on this issue will be in light of the BCCI’s announcement that the Asia Cup will be held at a neutral venue.

• Indian cricket team’s most recent visit of Pakistan.

Let us remind you that the Indian cricket team’s most recent visit of Pakistan took place in 2005–2006. Then, in the ODI series, India trounced Pakistan 4-1. Team India has not visited Pakistan since then. The Pakistani team had last visited India in 2012 at the time. The two nations then engaged in a T20 and ODI series.