{"id":28401,"date":"2020-06-24T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:48:58","slug":"either-sri-lanka-or-uae-will-host-asia-cup-says-pcb-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=28401","title":{"rendered":"Either Sri Lanka or UAE will host Asia Cup, says PCB CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Wasim Khan rejects speculation that the event could be scrapped to make space for the currently suspended IPL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PTI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Asia Cup will go ahead as scheduled later this year in either Sri Lanka or the UAE, Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Wasim Khan has asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khan rejected speculation that the event could be scrapped to make space for the currently suspended Indian Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Asia Cup will go ahead. The Pakistan team returns from England on 2nd September so we can have the tournament in September or October,\u201d he said at a media conference here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are some things which will only get clear in the due course of time. We are hopeful of having the Asia Cup because Sri Lanka has not had too many cases of the Coronavirus. If they can\u2019t do it, then UAE is also ready,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Khan said Pakistan, the original host of the event, had agreed to let Sri Lanka conduct it in return for hosting the next regional event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also confirmed that the Pakistan board is working on options to play cricket in the window for the T20 World Cup if it doesn\u2019t go ahead as planned in October-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are to go to New Zealand in December after hosting Zimbabwe at home. South Africa are ready to tour in January-February to play two or three Tests and some T20 matches,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSL to restart in November?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Khan said the board was looking at a November window for completing the Pakistan Super League\u2019s remaining five matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asked about the steps being taken to criminalise match-fixing offences in Pakistan, the PCB official said he was surprised that until today no one from the board had gone to the government and tried to get a legislation against the menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook the only way people will listen is when they know there is a jail sentence and they have to face the courts if they are found guilty of corruption.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

On cricket ties with India, the PCB official was very clear that there was no possibility of bilateral series with India in the immediate future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSadly we need to forget about playing India for the time being. It is sad for us and even the BCCI as they have to get permission from their government. It is not realistic for either side right now to think about playing against each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201d\u2026the PCB has done its contingency planning and looked at our financial affairs for next two to three years. We are also trying to diversify our commercial streams so that we are not reliant only on ICC shares,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khan also said that the board had revised its annual budget because of the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced expenses by around Rs one billion.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wasim Khan rejects speculation that the event could be scrapped to make space for the currently suspended IPL PTI The Asia Cup will go ahead as scheduled later this year in either Sri Lanka or the UAE, Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Wasim Khan has asserted. Khan rejected speculation that the event could be scrapped to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}