BCCI president Binny, VP Shukla to attend Asia Cup fixture in Lahore

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Roger Binny and vice-president Rajeev Shukla will journey to Lahore to attend an Asia Cup fixture within the first week of September.

Sources within the BCCI have confirmed to Sportstar that the Indian board has accepted an invite from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and as representatives of the board, each Binny and Shukla are prone to watch the group match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan on the Gaddafi Stadium on September 5.

This is a major improvement because the BCCI had earlier refused to ship the nationwide group to Pakistan citing safety causes, which prompted the PCB to undertake the ‘hybrid model’.

This can be first go to by BCCI workplace bearers to the neighbouring nation since 2012 when political tensions between each nations aggrevated. The two nations haven’t been concerned in a bilateral sequence since 2012.

“They (Binny and Shukla) will first travel to Sri Lanka to watch the Indian team in action and will then head to Pakistan, crossing the Attari border on September 3,” a supply within the BCCI stated.

On the sidelines of the ICC assembly in Durban final month, the PCB head Zaka Ashraf had reportedly invited BCCI secretary Jay Shah – additionally the pinnacle of the Asian Cricket Council – to attend video games in Lahore, however the BCCI officers had refuted these stories.

But there appears to be a change of coronary heart. “The PCB had invited BCCI and as one of the key members of Asian Cricket Council and after consulting with the stakeholders, the board decided that the president and the vice-president will be travelling to the neighbouring nation,” the supply stated.

While 4 matches of the Asia Cup can be performed in Pakistan with Lahore internet hosting three matches, the rest of the event can be held in Sri Lanka with Pallekele and Colombo because the venues.