KARACHI
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was on Tuesday caught in a deadlock with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for demanding additional compensation on organising chartered flights between Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, which it co-hosted in August-September, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.
\nThe Asia Cup 2023 was organised in a hybrid model in Pakistan and Sri Lanka after the ACC accepted PCB\u2019s proposal, with majority of the matches organised in the island nation.
\nA reliable source in the PCB informed PTI that apart from seeking the tournament hosting fees \u2014 around $250,000 \u2014 as well as shares from ticketing and sponsorship fees, they have also dem\u00adanded additional compensation.
\nThe source said: \u201cThe additional money is for expenses incurred on renting chartered flights for teams between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and other extra expenses like additional hotel and transport fees, which were not included in the initial budget for the Asia Cup.\u201d
\nThe source, however, informed that the ACC is not willing to pay additional expenses to the PCB since it believes that Pakistan had agreed for matches to be held in Sri Lanka under its hybrid model, in return for hosting four games of the Asia Cup at home.
\nA Sri Lanka-based company named Classic Travel was paid $281,000 for arranging four chartered flights to and fro between Pakistan and the island nation \u2014 something that PCB\u2019s Cricket Management Committee (CMC) was not comfortable paying upfront as advance.
\nThe tournament was moved to a hybrid model after India refused to play in Pakistan citing security reasons.
\nWhile Pakistan hosted only four matches initially, the expen\u00adses ballooned apparently because the PCB management committee head Zaka Ashraf moved one of these games from Lahore to Multan, near his hometown.
\nThe source said since the ACC decided to hold matches in Sri Lanka, it was their responsibility to pay for the chartered flights and other additional expenses.
\nThe source added that Pakis\u00adtan, who played against Afghan\u00adistan in Sri Lanka just before the Asia Cup, were slated to return home for the Asia Cup. But since the event was held mostly in Sri Lanka, PCB had to arrange flights between Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
\nThe company arranging the flights had quoted a rate of $281,700 for four chartered flights and all money was demanded in advance. The PCB also considered selling vacant seats on the chartered aircrafts to fans, but the idea was trashed due to security reasons. Meanwhile, claims have emerged that a top PCB official used one of the chartered flights to take his family to Colombo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was on Tuesday caught in a deadlock with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for demanding additional compensation on organising chartered flights between Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, which it co-hosted in August-September, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. The Asia Cup 2023 was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-371235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n