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Asia Cup | 'It Is Being Treated Disrespectfully' - Mohammad Amir On BCCI's Treatment Towards PCB

image-liwfrarhMohammad Amir [Image- Twitter]

Former Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India [BCCI] for treating their Pakistani counterparts- the PCB- ‘disrespectfully’.

Amir’s criticism of the BCCI has come on the back of repeated snub by the Indian board with regards to traveling to Pakistan or accepting PCB’s ‘hybrid model’.

The 2023 edition of the Asia Cup was originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan before BCCI aired its reluctance in travelling to the country due to security issues.

In response, the PCB decided to come up with a hybrid model, which includes 9 matches to be played in Sri Lanka and the remaining 4 in Pakistan.

While the model has eventually been approved by the Jay Shah-led Asian Cricket Council [PCB], it has come after a series of snubs by the BCCI and other member boards.

Hitting out at the BCCI, Amir said:

"The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is being completely written off, which means it is being treated disrespectfully. It’s like the cricket board, or Pakistan cricket itself, has no worth at all, and they [BCCI] are making continuous efforts to prove that," Amir was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.

"It is being proven that whatever you do, it doesn’t affect us, and it’s like if you tell a child not to eat a chocolate, he will say I will eat it and will continue to say the same thing. Whenever PCB says to do this or that, BCCI comes up with various lame excuses like bad weather, the expenses are too high, security reasons," he added.

“There is only one model, and that is cricket. Let it stay right; whether it’s happening in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, or Bangladesh, please let it happen peacefully instead of with unnecessary stubbornness like children. If someone creates a security issue even in Pakistan, the ICC team was here four days ago; I was also there at the National Cricket Academy. PCB provided them with such hospitality."

The Asia Cup will be held in Sri Lanka and Pakistan between August 31- September 17, 2023. India will play all of its fixtures in the island nation.