If the Indian team does not come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, it will follow the instructions of the Pakistani government regarding the World Cup: PCB officials’ message to the ICC.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has informed International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Greg Barkley and Chief Executive Jeff Allardyce that the country’s participation in the World Cup in India later this year is subject to government approval. depending on. The PCB officials held an important meeting with the ICC officials who arrived in Lahore on a two-day visit. They were welcomed by PCB Management Committee Chairman Najam Sethi.
It is learned that PCB made it clear that if the Indian team does not come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, then it will follow the instructions of the Pakistani government regarding the World Cup. In the meeting, issues related to PCB’s share in ICC revenue and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) were discussed, but no agreement could be reached.
Financial Impact
Further, talks between the PCB and ICC officials are likely to continue for one more day before the ICC officials leave.
According to Cricinfo, if the proposed revenue model is approved, India’s new revenue share will be 38.5 percent while England and Australia will get 6.89 and 6.25 percent respectively. Meanwhile, Pakistan is set to earn 5.75 percent of the ICC’s projected revenue, which will come primarily through the ICC’s $3 billion media rights deal for 2024-27.
It will be voted on at the next ICC board meeting in Durban in July. While Allardyce has regularly visited Pakistan first as ICC General Manager Cricket and then as ICC Chief Executive. This will be Barkley’s first visit to Pakistan. Barclay will be the first ICC chairman to visit Pakistan since ICC president Ray Mali visited Pakistan in 2008. This will be the first time since October 2004 that the two top ICC officials will visit the Pakistan Cricket Headquarters together.
