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Asia Cup meeting may not hold up legally; Bangladesh caught in crossfire as PCB makes last-ditch effort: Report
The venue for the upcoming Asia Cup meeting has become the new battleground for India and Pakistan. Image: PTI
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) enjoying the support of major Test-playing nations like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, there's a high chance the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for 24 and 25 July in Dhaka, Bangladesh, may not hold any legal value. The ACC meeting is expected to deliver a solution on the Asia Cup 2025 standoff.
There have been question marks over the future of the Asia Cup 2025 since the Pahalgam terror attack. Cricket fans in India have been demanding a boycott of all matches against Pakistan and it also led to the cancellation of the India vs Pakistan match last week in the World Championship of Legends (WCL).
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Asia Cup meeting to fail legal test?
Nonetheless, BCCI has communicated to ACC that the venue for the meeting needs to be shifted away from Bangladesh due to India's deteriorating relationship with the country. They have also postponed the ODI series to Bangladesh in August 2025 to next year.
The ACC, which is currently chaired by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) head Mohsin Naqvi, is reportedly adamant about holding the ACGM in Dhaka, but they may not have enough members attending the meeting. As per a report in Cricbuzz, the ACC constitution states that at least 10 full or Associate members (non-Test playing nations) need to be part of the AGM for a valid quorum, which may not be possible as Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are also ready to boycott the meeting.
Nepal, UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar are remaining full members of ACC. The Associate members include Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Maldives, Japan, Iran, China, Myanmar and Indonesia.
As per Cricbuzz, Oman, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar and Indonesia may also skip the meeting.
PCB makes last-ditch effort
The report further adds that PCB's Naqvi was in Kabul on Sunday in an attempt to persuade Afghanistan to attend the ACC meeting, but the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has assured BCCI that they will boycott the AGM in Dhaka.
BCCI's refusal, meanwhile, has become a major issue for the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), where one faction has even asked Aminul Islam, the BCB president, to cancel the meeting.
'Bulbul (Aminul) was requested to cancel the meeting as some of the board directors were not ready to do anything that can hurt the BCCI but the president insisted that he had given his word so cannot return back after giving his words to PCB,' a BCB source told Cricbuzz.
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