After the refusal of the Indian cricket team to visit Pakistan, 86 per cent of Pakistanis have given an opinion to boycott the International Cricket Council (ICC) events going to be held in India.
The 24News HD TV channel held a poll on Twitter and asked the people about the decision to participate in or boycott the ICC’s event in India.
As per the final result, Around 640 people participated in the poll and 86 per cent agreed to boycott all the ICC events to be held in the neighbouring country (India).
Only 14 per cent of voters gave their opinion in favour to go to India and not boycotting the event.
A day ago, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced keeping its team away from the Pakistan tour for the upcoming Asia cup next year.
The BCCI at its annual general meeting decided not to tour Pakistan and insist on a neutral venue for the tournament as a neutral venue for Asia Cup is not unprecedented.
India has not toured Pakistan since 2008 and over the past few years, the two countries have only faced each other in ICC and ACC events on neutral venues.
In response to Indian refusal to play in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wrote a letter to the Asian Cricket Council and condemned the unilateral announcement by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah that they had decided to hold the tournament at a 'neutral' venue.
PCB also sought an emergency meeting of the ACC after the BCCI said the Indian team will not tour Pakistan to play Asia Cup 2023. The PCB now sought an explanation for the BCCI official’s statement.
Sources claimed that PCB threatened to skip the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 scheduled next year India is slated to host the mega tournament from October to November next year.
Sources further claimed that PCB also has the option to leave ACC.
The PCB's letter said ACC is the platform to settle this matter.
Pertinent to note that India last hosted Pakistan in a bilateral series in 2013 and India has not toured Pakistan since 2008. Also, the last bilateral series between the arch-rivals took place in 2012, when Pakistan toured India.