'Fayeda kya hai, baarish ki wajah se tournament he cancel hojayega' - Fans react to reports of possibility of Asia Cup getting shifted to England

In the midst of all the uncertainty regarding the location of the forthcoming Asia Cup in 2023, Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi has offered an intriguing idea. He desires that the United Kingdom host the 2023 Asia Cup, according to Sethi. He added that since Pakistan is the host, it is up to them to decide where the competition will be held.

A frantic PCB has, in the meantime, made three bids to keep the ODI Asia Cup organising rights. However, Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, is being aggressive. He has a lot of influence over the situation because he is the head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), thus Pakistan is unlikely to benefit from the decision.

In a statement given to the Sports Hour, the Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi claimed that the Asia Cup could potentially be moved outside of Pakistan but didn’t specify or give any reason as to why they would do that. The reason might just be the Indian Cricket Team’s and the India Cricket Board’s demand not to tour Pakistan and the security reason as well. He said, “England could be a possibility as a venue for the Asia Cup.”  The venues of the tournament have not been finalized but everything will take place in the coming weeks with an official confirmation from the Asian Cricket Council

The Pakistani team management has also introduced a game plan that will determine how it will approach the competition to be contested in October and November with an eye on the Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 trophy. The team is going to approach the One-Day Internationals during the lead-up and throughout the mega-event with upbeat and brave tactics and offensive methods according to the strategy dubbed The Pakistan Way.

Prior to the 50-over ACC Asia Cup, Pakistan is slated to play an ODI series of three matches against Afghanistan. The national team will take advantage of these chances to test their abilities, play with bench strength, and fine-tune the lineup.

Fans react to news of Asia Cup getting shifted to England: -

PCB Chief (in Sports Hour) said "England could be a possibility as a venue for the Asia Cup".

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 13, 2023

After 2 days, "Mars could be a possibility as a venue for the asia cup as there are no security concerns and we will arrange logistics" Nazam sethi speaks

— NeatObserver-Rucha (@NeatObserver) May 13, 2023

After 10 mins

PCB Chief (in Sports Hour) said "Antartica could be a possibility as a venue for the Asia Cup".

— Tom Gravestone (@Whygravestone) May 13, 2023

Aren't we tired of getting new updates every day from PCB chief? High time for PCB to switch to professionalism and give a final update after having discussion with the participating teams.

— Anubhav Prabhakar (@AapkaAnubhav) May 13, 2023

He said if asia cup is cancelled then we have a backup plan for a three nation tournament in england

— Ahmad Mattoo (@AhmadMattoo1) May 13, 2023

The rulers of asia are now gonna host asia Cup 😖😣😞😓 pic.twitter.com/peMMiplDVK

— HPW (@HP8206) May 13, 2023

Ye har channel mai alag alag name batata



Playing ''Guess the venue " with their people

— DRP 🇮🇳 (@its_DRP) May 13, 2023

Better prefer Iceland @icelandcricket...are you willing to host Asia Cup ...

— Ramakanta Sena (@Ramakantasena) May 13, 2023

Asia Cup in Europe 🤭👌..and the game eventually gets washed off away sadly 🥲

— Dr.Sai Prajoth (@SPrajoth) May 13, 2023

It should be called 'The Colonies Cup'

— Sriram (@Sriram14003) May 13, 2023

Yeh sahi hai,Asia cup ko Asia se hee bahar kardo 🤣

— Anmol Patel 🕊️ (@imanmol936) May 13, 2023

Then say it as Euroasia cup!

— RAAVANAA (@Shiva12247110) May 13, 2023