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MULTAN: The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja has reiterated that Pakistan could boycott next year’s World Cup in India if the stand-off between the two cricket boards isn’t resolved, but insists he wants to see the two nations host each other again.
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In an interview with Sky Sports Cricket, he was asked to respond about BCCI claiming that India won’t travel to Pakistan for next year’s Asia Cup, on which Ramiz Raja said “we don’t want to really go there but it’s just that the fans want us to react.”
Pakistan and India haven’t met outside of a white-ball tournament since 2013 due to strained political relations between the two countries, and there is now a dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the 2023 Asia Cup and 2023 World Cup.
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Raja called the BCCI’s stance on the Asia Cup “unfair” and that he would “absolutely resist” the tournament moving.