Joy said on Tuesday, “We will not go to play in Pakistan. Asia Cup can be held in neutral countries. The government decides whether the party will go to Pakistan. We will not comment on that. The 2023 Asia Cup will be held in a neutral country.”sa His comments have created anger in the cricket circles of Pakistan. Former batsman Saeed Anwar criticized the Indian cricket board. After that, the PCB chairman threatened the Indian board.

News agency PTI reported that a senior member of the Pakistan Cricket Board said, “PCB is getting ready to take a tough decision and preparing for a tough match. Everyone knows that ICC and ACC competitions have some commercial liability. There will be a huge financial loss if Pakistan-India does not play in multi-team competitions.”

It is to be noted that India has played against Pakistan in multi-team competitions, but the Indian cricket team has not played in Pakistan since 2008. Pakistan last toured India to play white-ball cricket in 2012. A spokesperson of PCB said, “We do not want to make any comment right now. We are monitoring the situation. We will raise the issue appropriately at the ICC board meeting in Melbourne next month.”

PCB officials expressed surprise at the BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council president’s comments. The 2023 Asia Cup is almost a year late. They do not understand why Joy went to comment on this matter now. “We don’t understand how Joy can unilaterally talk about withdrawing from the competition,” a PCB official expressed his anger. The ACC Executive Board has given Pakistan the responsibility to host the Asia Cup. The ACC president did not. How is Joy talking like that?’

Pakistan cricket officials have decided to send a strong letter to the ACC protesting the BCCI secretary’s comments. The Asian Cricket Council bosses are ready to take strict action if the Indian board follows suit. If necessary, the PCB officials want to leave the way out of the ACC open.

A Pakistan cricket official said, “If necessary, we will think about pulling out of the ACC.” The PCB believes that the ACC was formed, for the betterment and expansion of cricket in this region of the world to build unity among member countries. Can the ACC president give a unilateral opinion? In that case, there is no need for Pakistan to stay.”