ACC AGM adjourned; Asia Cup decision left to BCCI

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ACC AGM adjourned; Asia Cup decision left to BCCI

by Vijay Tagore & Atif Azam • Last updated on

Members of the ACC at the AGM in Dhaka © BCB

The contentious Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) concluded in Dhaka on Thursday (July 24) but all's not well. As earlier reported by this website, the most important item of the AGM - the election of the vice-president - was not taken up, and in the absence of that the meeting was adjourned rather than exactly concluded.

A formal decision on the Asia Cup 2025 was also not taken but the understanding is that it will happen. With India being the host, it is left to the BCCI to take a call instead of an announcement. "The decision regarding the Asia Cup will come soon. The venue and schedule will be announced too," Mosin Naqvi, the PCB and ACC head, said after the meeting.

It is expected that the Naqvi-headed ACC will have to align with the BCCI position, both over Asia Cup as well as the conduct of the election. The election, it is learnt, will be taken up at a different venue and a different date. Rajeev Shukla, the BCCI vice-president, and Ashish Shelar, a former treasurer of the BCCI, attended the meeting virtually.

"Several countries were not able to come to Dhaka, it happens every time. I was not able to go to Singapore (before). This is a normal thing- the majority of the members come, and some don't come due to their schedule too. But we've got all 25 members (in this meeting- both physically and online), who participated in the meeting," Naqvi said.

Sources, who have attended the meeting, have revealed to this website that there was an impression that the Asia Cup will go ahead. "We cannot say it will happen for sure but there was no impression that it wouldn't happen. The BCCI is sorting out issues with commercial partners and it should take some time."

Eight teams - UAE, Hong Kong and Oman apart from five Test playing Asian teams India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan - will participate in the 19-match event. The tournament could be held from September 10 to September 28 but there is a chance that it could start a few days earlier.

Despite the BCCI being the official hosts of the tournament, the tournament is slated to be played in the UAE with Dubai and Abu Dhabi to host the games. This comes after the ACC had decided to host the Asia Cup in a neutral country when it was either India or Pakistan's turn to be official hosts.

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