The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is prone to approve Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) hybrid mannequin for Asia Cup 2023, with Sri Lanka because the impartial venue.
Beneath this mode of hybrid mannequin Pakistan will have the ability to host solely 4 matches of the upcoming event at residence and the remaining matches might be performed in Sri Lanka, Indian media has reported.
“Oman Cricket board chief Pankaj Khimji, one of many ACC government board members, was entrusted to discover a answer as most international locations did not need a hybrid mannequin,” an ACC board member advised media on situations of anonymity.
“However as of now 4 non-India video games — Pakistan vs Nepal, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh — might be held on the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore.
“The 2 India vs Pakistan video games and all different Tremendous 4 Video games might be held in both Pallekele or Galle.”
The report added that the ACC may make a proper announcement on this regard on Tuesday.
The event is scheduled between September 1-17, with the Pakistan-leg video games set to be held in Lahore.
After the approval of the hybrid mannequin for the Asia Cup, Pakistan are additionally prone to journey to India for this yr’s World Cup.
The Asia Cup in 2023 might be a 50-over occasion as it is going to be used to arrange for the ODI World Cup.
Pakistan, India and Nepal are in Group 1 of the Asia Cup, whereas Group 2 will characteristic defending champions Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The highest two groups from every group will qualify for the Tremendous 4 stage of the event, much like final yr’s format.
It have to be famous that the hybrid mannequin was proposed by the PCB after the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to ship their workforce to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
