New Delhi, July 19: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will \u201cboycott\u201d any resolution if the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held in Dhaka, according to a source.
\nThe future of the Asia Cup, a six-team tournament, which will be played in T20 format, is clouded in uncertainty. India are the designated host for the tournament, and the ACC is yet to announce the schedule or the venue of the tournament. The rumour mill has pencilled September as the unofficial window for the tournament.
\nThe meeting is scheduled to be held on July 24 in Dhaka. Due to the current situation in Bangladesh, India refused to travel for the meeting. Recently, BCCI and BCB mutually decided to defer India\u2019s tour of Bangladesh from August 2025 to September 2026.
\nThe ACC is headed by the PCB chairman and Pakistan\u2019s interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi. According to the source, Naqvi is attempting to exert \u201cunnecessary pressure\u201d on India regarding the meeting. The source also confirmed that BCCI asked the body\u2019s president to change the venue, but has yet to receive a response.
\n\u201cAsia Cup can happen only if the meeting venue changes from Dhaka. ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi is trying to assert unnecessary pressure on India for the meeting. We requested him to change the venue, but have received no response. BCCI will boycott any resolution if Mohsin Naqvi goes ahead with the meeting in Dhaka,\u201d the source said.
\nIndia is the defending champion of the Asia Cup. In 2023, India refused to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, and Sri Lanka was picked as the neutral venue for India\u2019s fixtures. Earlier this year, Pakistan hosted the Champions Trophy, but India declined to cross the border and played all its matches at a neutral venue in Dubai.
\nIn May, various reports and speculations stormed social media, suggesting that India had declined to participate in this year\u2019s Asia Cup and the Women\u2019s Emerging Teams Asia Cup due to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.
\nThe reports claimed that the BCCI had informed the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) of its decision to withdraw from both events \u2014 the Women\u2019s Emerging Teams Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka next month, and the Men\u2019s Asia Cup, slated for September.
\nBCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia categorically denied the claims, stating that the BCCI hasn\u2019t engaged in such conversations or taken any steps regarding the ACC events. The BCCI secretary labelled the reports as \u201cspeculative and imaginary.\u201d (AGENCIES)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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