Upset over BCCI secretary and ACC president Jay Shah unveiling the Asia Cup schedule ahead of it’s offical ceremony, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed dissatisfaction. As per PTI, the PCB had arranged a official ceremony in Lahore to unveil the Asia Cup dates and the trophy. However, Jay Shah announced the schedule 30 minutes before the event began.
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”The PCB had a clear understanding with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) (that) it would release the schedule of the Asia Cup, five minutes after the ceremony started in Lahore. But unfortunately, half-an-hour before the ceremony started around 7.15 P.M, Jay Shah had announced it on social media,” one reliable source in the board told PTI.
The source further added that ACC told the PCB that the incident was a result of a misunderstanding. Further, the source also said that PCB’s event had lost relevance due to Shah’s tweet unveiling the schedule.
”The ACC’s explanation was about misunderstandings over the time difference and all that, but the thing is, India is half-an-hour ahead of Pakistan time, so Jay Shah’s announcement was a shock,” the source said.
As per another source in the board, the incident appeared as if Jay Shah had settled scores for the unprofessional manner in which the PCB chairman Ashraf and the sports minister, Ahsan Mazari, had handled the meeting held between Shah and Ashraf in Durban during the ICC annual meeting.
”It appears as if Jay Shah settled scores after the confusion and questions he had to face over, whether he had accepted an invitation from Zaka to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup matches which was widely circulated by Mazari and the PCB in the media,” the source said.
Asia Cup 2023
The Asia Cup is scheduled to start on August 30 in Multan with the hosts Pakistan taking on Nepal in the tournament-opener. The much-anticipated clash between India and Pakistan, who are placed in Group A, will be held in Kandy on September 2. Pakistan will host four out of the 13 matches of Asia Cup 2013 including the first Super 4s fixture, while the remaining nine matches including the final will be played in Sri Lanka.
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