"Pehle Mujhe Ye Bataayein, Kya ICC Exist Karta Hai?" - Salman Butt On BCCI-PCB Debate

ACC President and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah had made it clear that Asia Cup 2023 won’t be held in Pakistan. He has said that the Asia Cup would be held in a neutral venue. This statement has given a shock to PCB because according to ICC FTP, they are scheduled to host the tournament in Pakistan.

PCB has given a kind of warning to BCCI that they won’t send their team to India in ICC tournaments. With just a couple of days remaining for the high-voltage clash, this news could affect both the team’s dynamics.

Salman Butt on ICC

Salman Butt was seen talking on his YouTube channel and made some interesting comments on ICC.

“Pehle mujhe ye bataayein, kya ICC exist karta hai? Kya vaakayi me vo koi neutral umpire hai? Kya influence nahi hota udhar? Kya heavyweight nahi hai India because they bring more financial backup to the ICC?

“More than anybody else? (Firstly tell me, does ICC even exist? Is it neutral? Is there no influence there? Is India not the heavyweight there because they bring more financial backup to ICC?),” said Butt.

“Jab aisa hota hai, tab time to time you see muscle. Jahan se revenue aata hai, Vahan se vo apni chaahat ke hisaab se decisions liye jaate hain. Poori duniya me hota hai ye.

“It all depends jab ICC me ye meeting hui thi, Jay Shah hi preside kar rahe the, aur ussi me Pakistan ko award hua tha Asia Cup, uss time unhone kya kaha tha, ye voi jaanta hai jo uss meeting me that.

“(You see their muscle on things like these. Those who bring revenue have more power. It happens everywhere. When Jay Shah presided the ICC meeting, it was decided that Pakistan will host Asia Cup. What he said then, is something only those who can attend the meeting can tell).” he further said.

Asia Cup 2023 in Jeopardy

Asia Cup 2023 is expected to be quite pivotal for all the teams. The tournament is going to be played in 50 over World Cup just before the start of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. It would be interesting to see whether there is any change of venue and if we go with Jay Shah’s statement, then UAE would be the perfect neutral venue for the tournament.

PCB would be dejected as they are also going to host the 2025 Champions Trophy. Recently Australia and England toured Pakistan and both the tours were successful and both nations were quite happy with the tour arrangements.

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