The chief executive and chairmen of the ICC will visit Pakistan next week. If Pakistan loses the right to host the Asia Cup, it may boycott the world cup. On Tuesday, May 30, the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Greg Barclay, and the Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Allardice, are scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Pakistan.



As per an official statement given by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), this will be Barclay's most memorable visit to Pakistan. Additionally, he will be the first ICC chairman to visit the nation since 2008, when former president Ray Mali visited.


The press release said, "This will be the first time since October 2004 when both the top two ICC officials will jointly visit the Pakistan cricket headquarters." It also said that Allardice has visited the country on a regular basis, first as the ICC general manager (cricket) and then as the ICC chief executive.



They will meet PCB Management Committee Chair Najam Sethi, PCB Chief Operating Officer Barrister Salman Naseer, and other board members when they arrive in Lahore on Tuesday morning.

Pakistan and India have been at odds over the Asia Cup and World Cup, which has led to tensions.


The deteriorating political relations that have existed between India and Pakistan for the past ten years have had a negative impact on bilateral cricket. As a result, the two neighboring nations no longer play each other except in multi-team competitions held in neutral venues.


India, referring to somewhere safe worries, have precluded venturing out to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September and the PCB has proposed to allow them to play their matches.

In the meantime, Sethi stated that Pakistan will "very likely" boycott this year's World Cup if they lose their Asia Cup hosting rights.



The deteriorating political relations that have existed between India and Pakistan for the past ten years have had a negative impact on bilateral cricket. As a result, the two neighboring nations no longer play each other except in multi-team competitions held in neutral venues.


India has decided not to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September due to safety concerns. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered to let them play their matches in what is called a "hybrid model" in the United Arab Emirates.


While the Leading body of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) still can't seem to convey a proper reaction to the deal, Sethi said India needed the whole competition moved out of Pakistan.

In an interview with Zoom, he stated, "They want all the matches in a neutral venue."


To ensure that we do not encounter any difficulties in the future, BCCI ought to make a sound, rational decision.


India should not contemplate a scenario in which it boycotts both the Asia Cup and the World Cup before boycotting the Champions Trophy.


That is going to be a huge mess. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have additionally openly opposed playing in the UAE, referring to the intensity and planned operations issues, elevating the hypothesis in neighborhood media that Asian Cricket.


That was described as "not acceptable" by Sethi, who also reiterated Pakistan's potential World Cup boycott.



Should India consent to the half-breed model for the Asia Cup, Sethi said, Pakistan would anticipate corresponding terms for their group at the World Cup in October and November.


He stated, "We also have security concerns for our team in India." Therefore, let Pakistan play its matches in Dhaka, Mirpur, the United Arab Emirates, or Sri Lanka.


BCCI Secretary Jay Shah was not promptly accessible for input but rather neither the Indian board nor the Global Cricket Committee (ICC) have said they are in any event, taking into account organizing any World Cup matches outside India.


Pakistan was famished of worldwide cricket after a 2009 assault on the Sri Lankan group transport in Lahore and needed to campaign hard to persuade top groups.


That is no longer a problem.


Sethi cited the hype surrounding any India-Pakistan match and attributed the BCCI's "stubbornness" to its failure to transform it into the greatest cricket rivalry.


"The India-Pakistan game is the greatest game around. It is larger than Australia versus England and India versus Australia. How can our stubbornness put that in jeopardy? he said.