"It now seems the event has turned into a geopolitical matter. Aminul (Islam, the interim head of the BCB) could have handled the situation more carefully when approached by the PCB president to host the meeting.
Asia Cup 2025- BCCI, PCB come face to face in fist fight; tournament dusted

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The Indian Cricket Board, BCCI, and the Pakistan Cricket Board, PCB, have once again engaged in a tussle, which will have potential implications for the upcoming multi-team tournaments, with the Asia Cup 2025 being the foremost among them.
As per reports, the BCCI is considering boycotting the Annual General Meeting of the Asian Cricket Council, which will be headed by the current PCB and ACC chief, Mohsin Naqvi. The meeting is supposed to be held in Dhaka on the 24th and 25th of July.
The BCCI has shown repeated insistence to shift the conference out of Dhaka, and this decision has been repeatedly backed by several key members of the Asian Cricket Council, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan.
Mohsin Naqvi at the centre of controversies
As per the rules of the ACC constitution, it is considered legal only if a minimum of three permanent, that is, test-playing nations are present in the meeting to meet the quorum.
However, with India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh being the full member nations in Test cricket, the absence of the first three will make it invalid.
Alongside them, several associate members, like Oman, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, and Indonesia, are also deemed doubtful over their participation.
The Pakistan Cricket Board and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi seem to be at the centre of this Asia Cup 2025 controversy.
Naqvi, who skipped the ICC Annual Conference in Singapore, has urged the Pakistan Interior Minister to convince the Afghanistan government to attend the Dhaka meet. However, on the 21st of July, ACB has assured the BCCI that they won't travel to Dhaka.
BCB officials provide insights on the ACC meeting
The BCB officials have reportedly agreed that the ACC general meeting has been affected by the current geopolitical situation.
"I think he could have taken more time because, in situations like this, taking time is part of the game. Probably due to inexperience, he agreed to host it without fully understanding the geopolitical implications," the insider revealed to Cricbuzz.
"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 word to PCB," this has been revealed by an insider to Cricbuzz's sources.
Standoff over ACC General Meeting to impact Asia Cup 2025
The Asia Cup 2025, which has been scheduled to be played somewhere between September 10 and 28 in the Indian subcontinent and the UAE, will have to bear the blow of the standoff over the Annual General Meeting of the ACC.
As the hosts of the Asia Cup 2025, the BCCI would remain unaffected by Pakistan's absence; however, the ACC is sure to face financial implications if not for the BCCI.
Amid so much controversy, so much stubbornness, and so many layers to the boardroom standoff, the fate of the Asia Cup 2025 would depend on how events unfold on the 24th of July in Dhaka.
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