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Ramiz Raja said – “it’s just that the fans want us to react”

Vijay Biswas
1 year ago

PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has reiterated that Pakistan may boycott next year’s World Cup in India if the standoff between the two cricket boards is not resolved, but insists that he would like the two countries to play each other again. Would love to see you host.

Pakistan and India have not met outside a white-ball tournament since 2013

Pakistan is scheduled to host the Asia Cup next September but BCCI secretary Jay Shah said India will not travel to Pakistan and called for the tournament to be held at a neutral venue. In response, PCB chief Ramiz Raja said that if India pulled out or was shifted, Pakistan would not play in the 50-over World Cup in India, which would start a month later.

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Pakistan and India have not met outside a white-ball tournament since 2013 due to strained political relations between the two countries, there is now a dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Over the 2023 Asia Cup and 2023 World Cup.

Ramiz Raja told Sky Sports Cricket on Saturday –

“We don’t really want to go there, but the fans want us to react. The fans are absolutely bitter about the India-Pakistan narrative that India has been.”

“I think the government has a policy and I don’t know if they will come or not,” Ramiz said. “The Asia Cup means a lot to the fans, it is a multi-country tournament. We will protest.”

Ramiz Raja called the BCCI’s stance on the Asia Cup “unfair” and that he would “absolutely resist” the tournament moving. Ramiz, a former Pakistan cricketer, said he hopes to play India again but only on “equal terms”.

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