{"id":323195,"date":"2023-04-01T18:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=323195"},"modified":"2023-04-01T18:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:06:33","slug":"pakistan-should-lobby-at-acc-level-over-asia-cup-issue-former-pcb-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-should-lobby-at-acc-level-over-asia-cup-issue-former-pcb-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan should lobby at ACC level over Asia Cup issue: former PCB head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan Cricket Board chair-man Zaka Ashraf believes the current regime of the board should start lobbying for the countrys interests as the hosts of the upcoming Asia Cup.<br \/>\nThe tournament is scheduled to be held in September this year but its fate hangs in balance because of Indias refusal to tour Pakistan due to tense political relations between the two neighbours.<br \/>\nThe PCB, led by its interim Management Com\u010cmi\u010ctt\u010cee chairman Najam Sethi, has proposed to the Asian Cricket Council a hybrid model, which will see India playing their matches at a neutral venue while the rest of the Asia Cup is held in Pakistan.<br \/>\nWith even the \u00f4hybrid model\u00f6 not completely certain to be adopted by the ACC, Zaka said the PCB should convince other cric\u010cketing nations of the continent to raise their voice for Pakistan.<br \/>\n\u00f4As the Asian Cricket Council\u013as Board has allocated the event to Pakistan, the board members should be taken into confidence aga\u010cinst the Indian stance of not visiting Pakistan to par\u010ct\u010cicipate,\u00f6 Zaka told media on Friday.<br \/>\nThe 70-year-old said it was Sethi\u013as duty to safeguard the interests of Pakistan cricket in face of India\u013as stronghold in the sport\u013as politics as the stron\u010cgest cricket board financially.<br \/>\n\u00f4All the board members of the ACC allocated the event to PCB then how they can take a u-turn just to please India,\u00f6 he said.<br \/>\n\u00f4I think the PCB has a very strong case by offering India to play their matches of the Asia Cup at a neutral venue if they don\u013at want to come to Pakistan.\u00f6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan Cricket Board chair-man Zaka Ashraf believes the current regime of the board should start lobbying for the countrys interests as the hosts of the upcoming Asia Cup. 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