With the multination Asian competition to be played in the month of September, the heat in UAE and the rain in Sri Lanka could become a hindrance.Ī BCCI offical has separately confirmed that ‘the proposal is being considered’ before adding that a final call was yet to be taken.Įarlier, the BCCI had been insisting that the entire tournament be relocated to a neutral venue because the Indian players would not get government permission to travel to Pakistan for safety reasons. Sri Lanka, UAE, Oman and Bangladesh are under consideration as potential neutral venues. “There has been some progress in bilateral talks between the two cricket boards on sidelines of the International Cricket Council (ICC) quarterly meet in Dubai, last week,” said an official familiar with the developments.
If the two nations qualify for the final, it would again be played at a neutral venue.
If ongoing talks between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the BCCI bear fruit, the Asia Cup could be played in a hybrid-model, with India’s matches including the India-Pakistan contests being moved to a neutral venue the rest of the tournament would stay in Pakistan. India's Rohit Sharma and Pakistan's Babar Azam pose with the Asia Cup trophy after the toss(REUTERS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been publicly pushing for the Asia Cup to moved out of Pakistan but it has now emerged that the Indian board may be amenable to softening their stand.
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