India vs Pakistan: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday (August) announced their Future Tours Program (FTP) from 2023 to 2027. In a major decision, Pakistan are set to host the 2023 Asia Cup (in 50-over format) and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. This raises a major question of whether Team India will finally be forced to tour Pakistan. Show
The bilateral matches between India and Pakistan have stopped for more than a decade now. The last time Pakistan visited India was in 2012-13 season when they played three ODIs and two T20s. The last time India cricket team visited Pakistan was back in 2008, when the PCB hosted the Asia Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be in a quandary now with Pakistan set to host not one but two major tournament. The 2023 Asia Cup will be in a 50-over format as it precedes the 2023 50-over World Cup which is set to be hosted by India. “The PCB has scheduled around 238 days of international cricket during the four-year period comprising 27 ICC World Test Championship fixtures (13 home and 14 away), 47 One-Day Internationals (26 home and 21 home) and 56 Twenty20 Internationals (27 home and 29 away). These include matches in the ACC 50-over Asia Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy, which Pakistan will stage in 2023 and 2025, respectively,” the PCB said in a statement. “The number of matches may increase depending on where Pakistan finishes in the ICC and ACC events between 2023 and 2027, as well as in the 2025 and 2026 three-nation ODI series. The Future Tours Programme is prepared collectively by the ICC Member Boards,” the statement added.
Pakistan, though, will not be facing India in the next cycle of World Test Championships as well. “In the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025, Pakistan will play Tests against Australia (away), Bangladesh (home), England (home), South Africa (away), Sri Lanka (away) and West Indies (home), while their matches in the 2025-2027 championship are against Bangladesh (away), England (away), New Zealand (home), South Africa (home), Sri Lanka (home) and West Indies (away),” the PCB statement read. “Pakistan will host the Asia Cup 2023 and triangular series in February 2025 in the lead up to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, respectively, it will play 11 T20Is against the Netherlands, Ireland and England in the build up to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be jointly hosted by the United States and the West Indies,” the statement added. Team India will next take on Pakistan in their first match of the Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai on August 28. This will be the first clash between the two arch-rivals since the T20 World Cup 2021. The Board of Control for India cricket secretary Jay Shah confirmed that the 2023 edition of the Asia Cup will be played at a neutral venue instead of Pakistan. File photo of Pakistan players from Asia Cup 2022. (Courtesy: AP) By India Today Web Desk: The 2023 edition of the continental championship - Asia Cup, will be played at a neutral venue instead of Pakistan, confirmed Asian Cricket Council chief Jay Shah. The tournament was originally set to be played under the care of PCB, as per the International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme. "We'll have Asia Cup 2023 at a neutral venue. It's the govt which decides over the permission of our team visiting Pakistan so we won't comment on that but for the 2023 Asia Cup, it is decided that the tournament will be held at a neutral venue," the BCCI Secretary Jay Shah told ANI after the 91st Annual General Meeting in Mumbai. The tournament was played in a neutral venue in its earlier edition as well, after an economic and political crisis engulfed host nation Sri Lanka. The host nation had started off the tournament in a terrible manner, losing their opener against Afghanistan, but ended up clinching the trophy in a spirited campaign under captain Dasun Shanaka. If the tournament is hosted at a neutral venue like UAE, the advantage is expected to be with the Pakistan side, who have done fairly well in those conditions off late. The team reached the finals of the T20 World Cup in 2021 and then reached the final of the Asia Cup in 2022. Edited By: Kingshuk Kusari Published On: Oct 18, 2022 Updated: 18 November 2022 Asia Cup 2023: Venue, Team List, Format, Predicted Schedule, And Winners List. Asia Cup, regarded as the pioneer multi-nation cricket tournament, comprising Asian countries will see its 16th edition take place in Pakistan in the second half of 2023. As per the future tour program (FTP), released by the ICC, it was decided that this time, Pakistan will be the sole organizer of the tournament. If things go as per the FTP, we expect a high-intensity battle among the Asian cricket teams. The Asia Cup 2023 will be in ODI format because ICC Men’s 50-over world cup is to be organized post-Asia Cup. Asia Cup 2022 Quick OverviewThe 15th edition of the Asia Cup was recently organized in the UAE from August 27th-September 11th. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan to lift their 6th Asia Cup title and the first in the T20 format. India could not advance to the finals, after their loss against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 4 round. The biggest positive for India was the return in form of Virat Kohli, who scored a century in International cricket after close to 1000 days. Also Read: India vs New Zealand 2022: T20I And ODI Series Schedule, Venues, Timing, Squads, Live Streaming, And Head-To-Head As per the future tour program shared by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 16th edition of the Asia Cup will be organized in Pakistan. The expected match venues for the tournament are as follows:
Asia Cup 2023 Team ListThe expected teams who will be part of the Asia Cup 2023 are as follows:
Also Read: T20 World Cup 2022: Top 5 Most Surprising Results Of The Tournament Asia Cup 2023 FormatThe Asia Cup 2023 will be a 50-over format. 13 matches will take place. The top 5 teams India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan have already qualified for the main event. The 6th team will be decided from the Asia Cup 2023 qualifying round. It will be in a round-robin format, with each team playing against other teams once in the group stage, which will be followed by the super 4 round. Asia Cup 2023 Predicted ScheduleThe Asia Cup 2023 full schedule is not yet out. It is expected to be announced in the first half of the next year. But, as per the FTP, the tournament will be organized in September 2023. Given below is the Asia Cup 2023 predicted schedule:
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Asia Cup 2023 Hosting ControversyAlthough the Asian Cricket Council announced Pakistan as the host country for the Asia Cup 2023, it seems that the tournament will be shifted to a neutral venue. The BCCI secretary Jay Shah has openly said that India won’t travel to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup, considering the not-so-good political condition between these two nations. We all know that BCCI has the lion’s share in the revenue of ICC. So, if India won’t participate in the Asia Cup, then the tournament has no meaning. So, there may be a situation that ACC shifts the tournament to UAE or Sri Lanka so that both India and Pakistan can participate in the event Will Pakistan host Asia Cup 2023?Asian Cricket Council president Jay Shah on Tuesday said that the Asia Cup 2023 will not be played in Pakistan and the prestigious tournament will be held at a neutral venue.
Will India play Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan?It is the government which decides over the permission of our team visiting Pakistan… so we won't comment on that… but for the 2023 Asia Cup, it is decided the tournament will be held at a neutral venue.”
Which country will host the 2023 cricket?India2023 Cricket World Cup / Locationnull
What is the format of Asia Cup 2023?The Asia Cup 2023 will be a 50-over format. 13 matches will take place. The top 5 teams India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan have already qualified for the main event. The 6th team will be decided from the Asia Cup 2023 qualifying round.
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