{"id":338266,"date":"2023-06-17T09:18:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T04:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=338266"},"modified":"2023-06-17T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T04:18:48","slug":"pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nNajam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee, has revealed that Pakistan\u2019s national cricket team will have the opportunity to play two home games in the upcoming Asia Cup.<br \/>\nAs per the recent announcement made by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pakistan will host four matches in their own country before the tournament moves to Sri Lanka.<br \/>\nAll participating countries, except for India, will come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.<br \/>\nHowever, India will be playing their matches in Sri Lanka, which means that Pakistan\u2019s only group stage match on home soil will be against Nepal, who is the other team in their group. The other three matches to be played in Pakistan are expected to involve teams from the second group, which consists of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan.<br \/>\nHowever, Sethi has made it clear that the host country, Pakistan, will have the privilege of playing two matches at home instead of just one. He revealed, \u201cPakistan will play a minimum of two games [at home].\u201d<br \/>\nAsia Cup 2023 will take place from August 31st to September 17th, 2023 and the tournament will feature two groups, with two teams from each group advancing to the Super Four stage. The top two teams from the Super Four stage will then compete in the final to determine the champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee, has revealed that Pakistan\u2019s national cricket team will have the opportunity to play two home games in the upcoming Asia Cup. As per the recent announcement made by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pakistan will host four matches in their own country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11904],"class_list":{"0":"post-338266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-najam-sethi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LAHORE Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee, has revealed that Pakistan\u2019s national cricket team will have the opportunity to play two home games in the upcoming Asia Cup. As per the recent announcement made by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pakistan will host four matches in their own country [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1593\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1086\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/najam-sethi.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Najam Sethi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/najam-sethi.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/najam-sethi.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/najam-sethi.jpg\",\"width\":1593,\"height\":1086},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi","og_description":"LAHORE Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee, has revealed that Pakistan\u2019s national cricket team will have the opportunity to play two home games in the upcoming Asia Cup. As per the recent announcement made by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pakistan will host four matches in their own country [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1593,"height":1086,"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi","datePublished":"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/"},"wordCount":234,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg","keywords":["Najam Sethi"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/","name":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-17T04:18:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/najam-sethi.jpg","width":1593,"height":1086},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-will-play-two-home-matches-in-2023-asia-cup-najam-sethi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pakistan will play two home matches in 2023 Asia cup: Najam Sethi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338285,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338266\/revisions\/338285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}