The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is ready to boycott the Asia Cup if the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Annual General Meeting is held in Dhaka, news agency ANI reported.

The 2025 edition of the continental tournament, due to be played in T20I format, is clouded in uncertainty.

India are the designated host for the Asia Cup, and the ACC is yet to unveil the schedule or the venue of the showpiece competition. However, speculations are rife about September being the unofficial window for the event.

The ACC AGM is scheduled to take place on July 24 in Dhaka. Due to the current situation in Bangladesh, India refused to travel for the meeting.

Recently, BCCI and BCB mutually decided to postpone India's tour of Bangladesh for almost a year, from August 2025 to September 2026.

PCB chairman and Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, is currently heading the ACC. As per the report, Naqvi is attempting to exert "unnecessary pressure" on India regarding the meeting. The report also claimed that BCCI asked the body's president to change the venue, but has yet to receive a response.

"Asia Cup can happen only if the meeting venue changes from Dhaka. ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi is trying to assert unnecessary pressure on India for the meeting. We requested him to change the venue, but have received no response. BCCI will boycott any resolution if Mohsin Naqvi goes ahead with the meeting in Dhaka," ANI quoted a source as saying.

In 2023, Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup but India played all their matches in Sri Lanka under the hybrid model.

Earlier this year, various reports claimed that India had declined to participate in this year's Asia Cup and the Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup due to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.

The reports also suggested that the BCCI had informed the ACC of its decision to withdraw from both events -- the Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka next month, and the Men's Asia Cup, slated for September.

However, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia categorically dismissed the claims, citing that the BCCI hasn't engaged in such conversations or taken any steps regarding the ACC events. Saikia also labelled the reports as "speculative and imaginary."

(With ANI Inputs)