While there is a no clarity surrounding the upcoming Asia Cup cricket tournament, owing to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan, a promo of the tournament recently went viral on social media. The Asia Cup, featuring T20I captains of India (Suryakumar Yadav, Sri Lanka (Charith Asalanka) and Bangladesh (Najmul Hossain Shanto), appeared during the live coverage of the ongoing 1st Test between England and India in Leeds. For the unversed, the Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in September and India has the hosting rights.
Reports had circulated that the BCCI might boycott the tournament, citing the continuing tensions between India and Pakistan. Fans were quick to point out the same even though BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia had quashed the rumours of India pulling out of the tournament.
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is currently headed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi. More recently, a report claimed that the PCB is in talks with its Afghanistan counterpart to organise a tri-series in August involving hosts UAE in the event of the Asia Cup getting cancelled or postponed.
