Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has said that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023. In the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on October 18 in Mumbai, Shah said that the arch-rivals will take on each other at a neutral venue.
"We have decided we will not travel to Pakistan. We will play at a neutral venue," said Shah, who is also Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president.
However, it will be interesting to see what BCCI does when Pakistan hosts ICC Champions Trophy in 2025.
India have not travelled to Pakistan since 2008 and due to political tensions between the two nations. However, they have faced each other at the International Cricket Council (ICC) events. The Rohit Sharma-led India will take on Babar Azam’s Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 on October 23 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
BCCI's cash reserves grew by approximately Rs 6000 crore in last 3 years
At the AGM, outgoing treasurer and new IPL chairman Arun Dhumal informed the state units that the BCCI's treasury grew from Rs 3648 crore to Rs 9629 crore in the last three years.
The Ganguly-led regime had taken charge in 2019 after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators' 33-month tenure.
"When the current team took over the reins of the BCCI in 2019, the BCCI's coffers had funds of Rs 3648 crore. We are handing over an organisation that sits over a treasury that has Rs 9629 crore of funds which is roughly thrice of what we got at the time of our taking over from COA," said Dhumal in his speech.
"The disbursement to the state associations has seen a jump of nearly five times, from Rs 680 crore in the COA time to Rs 3295 crore now," he added.
