Summary PCB Chairman hoped that India will participate in the tournament by agreeing to send their team
(Web Desk) – Pakistan will host the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Cup in 2018 in which teams from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and India will participate, PCB Chairman Najam Sethi told in a press conference in Lahore yesterday before the final T20 match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium.
The decision to finalise the event in Pakistan was taken in a meeting yesterday in which ACC officials also took part. Sri Lankan board and players lauded the security arrangements made for yesterday’s game and believe that the current conditions to play cricket are safe.
Najam Sethi assured the media that the Emerging in April 2018 will have more than one venues, while Lahore being the one apparent choice. He added that teams from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will participate in the cup.
Sethi has pinned his hopes that India will also agree to participate in the six-nation event. India has not yet agreed to send their team for ACC Emerging Cup. Keeping in view the current political scenario, it appears to be unlikely that an agreement will be reached with the Indian board to send their team for the matches in Lahore and other venues in Pakistan.
Five of the teams are full members of International Cricket Council while the sixth team will have to qualify from qualifying rounds. The tournament in scheduled for April of 2018. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been previously credited for successfully holding T20 series with World XI and yesterday’s T20 match with Sri Lanka.
