Asia Cup 2023: Ashwin Javed Miandad – India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hit back at Javed Miandad about hosting the Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan. In a scathing attack, the former Pakistan cricketer criticized India’s rigid stance of not traveling to Pakistan to play the Continental Cup. Ashwin feels Asia Cup should be shifted to Sir Lanka instead of being held in UAE. The former off-spinner believes with a lot of tournaments being held in UAE, Sri Lanka might a good option to host Asia Cup 2023. Follow Asia Cup 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“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 on his YouTube channel.
Asia CUP 2023: Ashwin takes on Javed Miandad and PCB, says ‘Asia Cup should be shifted to SriLanka’: Check DETAILS
Asia Cup 2023: Why Ashwin believes Asia Cup should be moved to Sri Lanka
- India are clear about their stance of not playing the Asia Cup in Pakistan due to political tensions.
- PCB are unimpressed with India’s strict no stance and said they won’t travel to India to play the 50-over World Cup.
- Ashwin feels this has been the case between India and Pakistan for a long time.
- The off-spinner opines Sri Lanka is a good place to host the Asia Cup, owing to the familiarity of the pitches and conditions.
- However, PCB are keen to host the Asia Cup in their backyard and are willing to provide top-notch security to players.
Javed Miandad attacked India by saying, it is ICC’s job to control the situation. The governing body should take to this into account, and try to solve the problem. “India can go to hell if they don’t want to come to Pakistan to play cricket,” the 65-year-old said at a recent public event. “I’ve always backed Pakistan. And you know that I don’t leave spare India whenever an issue arises. But the thing is we need to look at our part. “
“And we should fight for it. We don’t care because we are getting to host our cricket. This is ICC’s job. If ICC can’t control this there’s no use of the governing body. They need to implement similar rules for every team. If teams like these don’t come, they should be debarred. India hoga, apne liye hoga. Hmare liye nahi hai.”
Asia CUP 2023: Ashwin takes on Javed Miandad and PCB, says ‘Asia Cup should be shifted to SriLanka’: Check DETAILS