India – Pakistan are to meet again in the Asia Cup in September

A match between India and Pakistan in 22 yards of the field is always a high-voltage match. The entire cricket world looks forward to watching this match. However, due to political tension, these two countries do not play any bilateral series against each other and only face each other in the Asia Cup and any ICC tournament. The schedule of Asia Cup 2023 has been announced. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah informed that through a tweet. It was seen that these two superpowers of cricket will meet again next September. In this year’s Asia Cup, these two teams have been placed in the same group.

Asia Cup will be held in September this year in this calendar of various competitions for 2023 and 2024 published by Asian Cricket Council President Jai Shah. Where India and Pakistan are in the same group. A third team must qualify in this group. The other group consists of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Last year India – Pakistan faced each other in Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. India defeated Pakistan in the group-stage match of the Asia Cup. However, Team India lost to Pakistan in the Super Four stage. However, there was still a possibility of the two teams meeting in the final, but after Pakistan, India lost to Sri Lanka and Rohit Sharma’s return ticket was confirmed.

Meanwhile, Pakistan is the host of this year’s Asia Cup. But there is a silent conflict between the two countries. Last year, BCCI Secretary Jai Shah announced that India will not play in the Asia Cup in Pakistan. Asia Cup should be in a neutral country. And the then-head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ramiz Raza, responded to this.

He said that if India does not come to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup, Pakistan will also boycott the 2023 One Day World Cup on Indian soil. Although there have been many changes in the Pakistan Cricket Board. Ramiz Raja is no longer in charge. However, there is no confirmation about this yet. So there is doubt about the venue of the 2023 Asia Cup.