As per PTI report, the PCB had organized an event to announce the Asia Cup schedule and unveil the trophy on Wednesday, July 19, attended by former Pakistan cricketers and the PCB’s Cricket Management Committee (CMC) headed by Zaka Ashraf.
However, Shah took to social media and announced the schedule half-an-hour before the ceremony’s scheduled start, causing disappointment for the PCB.
A source within the board told PTI that the PCB had an agreement with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to release the schedule five minutes after the ceremony started in Lahore. The premature announcement by Jay Shah disrupted the significance of the PCB’s event.
Another source told PTI that Shah’s decision to announce the schedule ahead of time might have been driven by a desire to settle scores. The source believes that Shah may have been seeking retribution for what he perceived as unprofessional conduct during a meeting between himself, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf, and sports minister Ahsan Mazari in Durban during the ICC annual meeting.Despite all this, the Asia Cup is scheduled to start on August 30 in Multan, with the host nation Pakistan facing Nepal in the tournament’s opening match. The highly-anticipated Group A match between India and Pakistan is scheduled to be held in Kandy on September 2.Pakistan will host four out of the 13 matches of Asia Cup 2023, including the first Super 4s fixture, while the remaining nine matches, including the final, will be played in Sri Lanka.
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