Asia Cup to begin on August 31.
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal has confirmed on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, that India will not be traveling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup and the highly anticipated India v Pakistan clashes will happen in Sri Lanka.
Dhumal is currently attending the ICC Chief Executives Meet in Durban along with BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
The IPL chairman confirmed that Shah met PCB representative head Zaka Ashraf to finalize the Asia Cup schedule.
"Our secretary met PCB head Zaka Ashraf and the Asia Cup schedule was finalised and it is on course as it was discussed earlier. There will be four games of league stage in Pakistan, followed by 9 games in Sri Lanka including both India versus Pakistan game and in case a third game if both teams play final," Dhumal told PTI.
Pakistan sports minister Ehsan Mazari had reportedly claimed that India will travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup if they wanted Pakistan to come to India for the World Cup.
However, Arun Dhumal rubbished such reports from Pakistan media and said: "There was no such discussion held. Neither India is travelling to Pakistan nor our secretary will be travelling contrary to reports that have surfaced. Only the schedule was finalised.”
India in all likelihood will play Pakistan in Sri Lanka's Dambulla just like 2010 edition.
On the other hand, Pakistan will host Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at home.
(PTI inputs)