A day after Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi took a sarcastic dig at BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council president Jay Shah for presenting the structure and calendar of cricket in Asia in 2023-24, ACC responded to Mr Sethi’s comment.
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Taking to Twitter, Jay Shah released the men’s and women’s fixtures, with a total of 145 matches set to take place in the 2023-24 period. In response to Jay Shah's tweet, Mr Sethi poked the BCCI secretary by suggesting him to also present the ‘structure and calendar of this year’s Pakistan Super League. "Thank you, Jay Shah, for unilaterally presenting ACC structure and calendars 2023-24 especially relating to Asia Cup 2023 for which Pakistan is the event host. While you are at it, you might as well present structure and calendar of our PSL 2023! A swift response will be appreciated," Sethi tweeted.
In a fresh development, the Asian Cricket Council claimed that Sethi’s allegation was completely ‘baseless’ and revealed that the ‘calendar was well communicated to all the participating members.’ “The ACC wants to clarify that it has followed established due process. The calendar was approved by its Development Committee and Finance & Marketing Committee in a meeting held on December 13th, 2022,” read ACC’s statement.
The Asian Cricket Council further confirmed that the calendar was communicated to all the participating members individually, including PCB, via an email dated December 22, 2022. “While responses were received from certain Member Boards, no comments or suggested modifications were received from PCB. In view of the above, Mr. Sethi’s comments on a social media platform are baseless and are vehemently denied by the ACC,” added ACC.
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A day earlier, Shah revealed that Asia Cup 2023 will take place in September, and in ODI format. However, the ACC chairman gave no clarity over the host of the tournament. Notably, Pakistan has the hosting rights for the Asia Cup, but Shah had claimed that the continental tournament will take place at a neutral venue as India would not travel to Pakistan owing to Political reasons.