The recent enmity between India and Pakistan in the border areas is scheduled to make a long and permanent impact on cricket relations between the two countries. While India and Pakistan were already against playing bilateral cricket, the deteriorating political relations between the two countries have also endangered multi-team incidents between the two teams. The Body, who led the Asian Cricket Council with a Pakistan minister – Body controlling cricket affairs in the continent – The Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to get out of this year’s Asia Cup, which is in a dialect to further separate the neighboring country.
The Asia Cup 2025 is to be held in India, but with a match against Pakistan, but out of the picture, the competition does not have much importance from a financial perspective. While countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan also acquire revenue from the tournament, the biggest attraction remains an India vs Pakistan struggle inadvertently.
However, given the current political atmosphere, the BCCI is not keen to continue with the Asia Cup plan. Such a scenario will damage the financial of the Asian body under the leadership of Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
NAQVI played the role after former BCCI secretary J Shah, vacated the role after being named President of International Cricket Council.
“The Indian team cannot play in a tournament organized by the ACC, which is a Pakistani minister. Indian express Quoting a BCCI source as saying.
With most of the sponsors of the Asia Cup coming from India, the current anti -Pakistan spirit in the country makes it quite difficult for the BCCI to move forward with the plans of the tournament.
In 2024, Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) bought media rights for the Asia Cup for a US $ 170 million fee. However, when the Asia Cup is this year, the deal will need to work again.
A hybrid model was adopted in the 2023 Asia Cup, with a part of the tournament being held in Sri Lanka. India went to win the title in Colombo, while Pakistan also failed to qualify for the final.
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