KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board ,PCBChairman Najam Sethi has stated that it stands to lose round $3 million in revenues from the event if the rustic refuses to play within the Asia Cup this 12 months.
Sethi stated that Pakistan used to be prepared to undergo this lack of earnings because it used to be “a matter of principle” so far as the web hosting rights of the Asia Cup are involved.
“We have made it very clear that unless the Asia Cup is held on a hybrid model like we have proposed, that is India playing its matches at an offshore venue and Pakistan hosting the remaining games at home we will not accept any other schedule and neither play,” he stated.
Pakistan is because of host the Asia Cup in September however uncertainty surrounds the venue of the event as India has made it transparent it can’t play in Pakistan.
Sethi has proposed a “hybrid model” to host the Asia Cup the place India will play its fits at an offshore venue.
“We will not lose our hosting rights,” he added.
“Security is no excuse for them now and we have told them if their government is not giving them clearance to play in Pakistan show us some written proof of this,” Sethi stated.
“When all other teams including Australia, England, New Zealand are playing in Pakistan without any issues there should be no security concerns for India to tour Pakistan.”
The PCB chairman stated 80 p.c of the revenues earned through the Asian Cricket Council got here from Pakistan and India fits.
To a query he conceded that if the ACC accepts the hybrid style for the event it will have a bearing at the ICC World Cup as smartly.
Asked a few imaginable refusal through Pakistan to play within the World Cup, Sethi stated members of the family with ICC had been other and in one of these state of affairs the members of the family may well be affected negatively.
Sethi stated that Pakistan used to be prepared to undergo this lack of earnings because it used to be “a matter of principle” so far as the web hosting rights of the Asia Cup are involved.
“We have made it very clear that unless the Asia Cup is held on a hybrid model like we have proposed, that is India playing its matches at an offshore venue and Pakistan hosting the remaining games at home we will not accept any other schedule and neither play,” he stated.
Pakistan is because of host the Asia Cup in September however uncertainty surrounds the venue of the event as India has made it transparent it can’t play in Pakistan.
Sethi has proposed a “hybrid model” to host the Asia Cup the place India will play its fits at an offshore venue.
“We will not lose our hosting rights,” he added.
“Security is no excuse for them now and we have told them if their government is not giving them clearance to play in Pakistan show us some written proof of this,” Sethi stated.
“When all other teams including Australia, England, New Zealand are playing in Pakistan without any issues there should be no security concerns for India to tour Pakistan.”
The PCB chairman stated 80 p.c of the revenues earned through the Asian Cricket Council got here from Pakistan and India fits.
To a query he conceded that if the ACC accepts the hybrid style for the event it will have a bearing at the ICC World Cup as smartly.
Asked a few imaginable refusal through Pakistan to play within the World Cup, Sethi stated members of the family with ICC had been other and in one of these state of affairs the members of the family may well be affected negatively.