BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Bahrain for ACC meeting over Pakistan's fate as Asia Cup hosts

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Indian cricket board secretary Jay Shah has flown to Bahrain where an emergent meeting of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has been called at PCB chairman Najam Sethi’s behest to decide fate of Pakistan’s Asia Cup hosting rights.

If sources in BCCI are to be believed, re is little to chance of Asia Cup being held in Pakistan in September.

If at all, tournament will eir be shifted to UAE with PCB retaining hosting rights or Sri Lanka could be or option.

“Jay is in Bahrain for ACC meeting. BCCI’s stand will t change. We will t be travelling to Pakistan as we haven’t got any go-ahead from government,” a BCCI source stated.

It is also understood that recent bomb blasts in Peshawar has again raised security concerns about holding cricket tournaments in Pakistan.

In December last year, ACC chairman Shah had released itinerary of continental body and venue of Asia Cup wasn’t mentioned.

This led to Sethi accusing Shah of taking “unilateral decision”, an allegation that ACC officially refuted stating that repeated emails to PCB seeking recommendations on itinerary went unanswered.

In October last year, Shah, who is also supremo of ACC, had officially told media that India will t travel to Pakistan.

erstwhile PCB chief Ramiz Raja had back n threatened that Pakistan will t travel to India for this year’s 50 over World Cup.

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