Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria reacted to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to challenge BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s statement over India not traveling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023.
Recently, Shah, who is also the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), stated that Team India will not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023 and even claimed that the multi-nation tournament will be shifted to a neutral venue due to political tensions between India and Pakistan.
Well, the BCCI secretary’s statement didn’t go down well with the PCB and they decided to take the matter to the ICC and ACC while threatening to pull out of the 2023 World Cup and other tournaments to be held in India.
Reacting to PCB’s statement, Kaneria said that the Pakistan board can’t do much about the BCCI’s decision, and they should not feel bad about it since it is happening because of the political relations between the two nations.
He went on to say that the BCCI is the richest board in the world and that no other board would ever go against them, so there is no point in making unnecessary dram about their decision.
Danish Kaneria said on his YouTube Channel: “The BCCI could very well do that. The PCB cannot take any objection as BCCI is the richest board in the world and all other boards have to agree with them. England, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, all these boards are with the BCCI as they know there’s nothing without the BCCI.”
He added, “The Indian board is very, very powerful, whereas the Pakistani board is quite weak. They will have to agree with what the BCCI says, and there’s no need to feel bad because it’s due to the political scenario between the two countries.”
However, Kaneria said that PCB has only option to arrange a meeting with BCCI to discuss the matter at a neutral venue for the Asia Cup 2023.
He signed off by saying, “Officials from the BCCI and the PCB should arrange a meeting at a neutral venue. They can do that in Dubai in the presence of people from the ICC. Both the boards should build their respective core teams consisting of diplomats.”
