ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan, the rightful hosts, and India cricketing board, the BCCI, continue to remain steadfast in their decisions of not budging from their stance which has yielded no solutions thus far despite repeated attempts.
\nAn Asia Cup in Pakistan, a first since 2008, will be of great monetary value to PCB and the cricketing board is aware of it. BCCI, meanwhile, maintains that Indian players will not get clearance from the government of their country to travel to Pakistan.
\nThe tournament will take place in September which is just 6 months away and PCB needs an answer soon to make adequate preparations for the competition.
\nSo what can be the possible solutions which will leave allay the issue?
\nSolution no1 for Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan hosts all matches in the country except the ones including India
\nIf India remains adamant about not coming to Pakistan and PCB remains uncompromising on hosting the tournament here, then a potential solution is for Pakistan to host matches of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the sixth team here and move the games involving India to a neutral venue.
\nThe problem with such a plan is that it will cost PCB a huge chunk of money with managing the logistics of six teams in two different countries which may not be feasible given the current economic state.
\nSolution No2: Pakistan hosts the Asia Cup at a neutral venue:
\nIf diplomacy fails the next logical step is for Pakistan to move the Asia Cup to a neutral venue like Dubai which India does not have a problem with and retain their rights as the hosts.
\nSri Lanka was the official host of the 2022 Asia Cup despite moving the competition to Dubai.
\nPCB may be reluctant to do that as it will deprive the locals of enthralling contests.
\nSolution No3: Pakistan gives up the hosting duties this year:
\nIf all else fails and Pakistan maintains hosting the event locally then PCB may have to give up this year hosting duties to another country and wait for things to improve with India in the coming years.
\nThis seems to be a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency option for PCB but their hands may be tied.
\nSolution No4 for Asia Cup 2023: ACC and ICC get involved:
\nThe Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) are reportedly already monitoring the situation and may need to step in to find an amicable solution if the logjam continues.
\nIf India does not travel to Pakistan then Pakistan is considering a boycott of the 2023 ODI World Cup in India which is a bad look for ACC and ICC. The two bodies may need to bring the hammer down and resolve the issue despite upsetting one or both parties involved.
\nWhat solution will eventually be found remains to be seen but with the tournament getting ever-so-closer a swift answer will benefit everyone involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan, the rightful hosts, and India cricketing board, the BCCI, continue to remain steadfast in their decisions of not budging from their stance which has yielded no solutions thus far despite repeated attempts. An Asia Cup in Pakistan, a first since 2008, will be of great monetary value to PCB and the cricketing board […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-321193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n