ISLAMABAD: Sharing his opinion surrounding the controversy of India’s adamant refusal to travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023, ex-national skipper Javed Miandad said that it is now the Indian cricket team’s turn to visit Pakistan.
Speaking at the podcast with a Pakistani YouTuber, Miandad said he believed Pakistan would’ve no issues going to India “even today”. When the interviewer asked Javed Miandad whether India should visit Pakistan, he responded: “They should definitely come.”
On being asked regarding the problem of “security” raised by the Board for Cricket Control in India, he said: “There should be no concern about security. We believe death will come when it is destined.
The ex-skipper said that if they call us today, we’ll go. But they should return the move. The thing is, the last time we went, they have yet to come here since. It’s their turn now.” He shared that both countries should work together and improve bilateral ties since they are similar.
“Even Indians believe this,” he said. “We’re neighbours, and so we can exchange many things. Such a relationship would benefit both only if the exchange is mutual.
“It can’t be that it is a one-sided thing.”
Earlier this year, Javed Miandad expressed his anger at India’s decision while talking to the media and said that India’s cricket team could “go to hell” if they did not want to tour Pakistan.
In October previous year, the Board for Cricket Control in India refused to tour Pakistan, which is set to host the 2023 ICC Asia Cup later this year. Since then, the controversy has grown deeper.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said that if the Indian cricket team refused the tour, Pakistan would refuse to travel to India for the 2023 International Cricket Council World Cup. The cricketing body has shared the hybrid model for conducting the Indian matches in a neutral location.
Najam Sethi, Chairman of the PCB Management Committee, rejected any possibility of giving away Pakistan’s right to host the upcoming ICC Asia Cup, saying that it was “not an option”.
The previous bilateral series between the arch-rivals occurred in 2012 when the Pakistan cricket team toured India for limited-overs matches.
Over the previous years, both countries have faced each other in ICC and ACC events.
