‘Will Be Pleased If Asia Cup Moves To…”: Ravichandran Ashwin Wants This Country As Host

India’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin urged that the Asia Cup 2023 needs to be shifted to Sri Lanka as a substitute of being held in Pakistan. Since Pakistan was awarded the internet hosting rights for the 2023 Asia Cup, there was hypothesis that India will withdraw its identify from the event. Last yr, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairperson Jay Shah revealed that India won’t journey to Pakistan for the Asia cup as a consequence of safety causes and the event shall be performed at some impartial venue, the brand new venue shall be determined within the second spherical of the Executive Board assembly of ACC members within the month of March.

“The final call might be that the Asia Cup will be moved to Sri Lanka. This is an important lead-up to the 50-over World Cup. Many tournaments have taken place in Dubai. I would also be pleased if it is moved to Sri Lanka,” Ashwin said in a video on his YouTube channel.

In a video posted to his YouTube channel, Ashwin said that Pakistan won’t be able to skip the ODI World Cup in India if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refuses to journey to their nation for the Asia Cup.

“Asia Cup was supposed to take place in Pakistan. But, India has announced that if it takes place in Pakistan, then we won’t be participating. If you want us to participate, then do change the venue. But we would have seen this happen many times, right? When we say Asia Cup won’t go to their place, they will say that they will also not come to our place,” Ashwin mentioned.

Former Pakistan cricketers Javed Miandad and Ramiz Raja have already enraged Indian cricket followers with their controversial statements.

The India spinner downplayed Pakistan’s “ODI World Cup threat,” implying that they can not afford to overlook the event.

“But however, I think that is not possible,” Ashwin mentioned.

Aside from this impasse controversy, the Border-Gvaskar Trophy match between India and Australia will start on Thursday. Nagpur will host the primary Test match.

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