The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to virtually attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), to be held in Dhaka on Thursday. The meeting will seal the fate of the Asia Cup, scheduled to be hosted by India in September.
Over the last week, in the backdrop of the political tension between India and Bangladesh, the BCCI had threatened to boycott the AGM. But on Wednesday, a senior BCCI functionary, preferring anonymity, confirmed to Sportstar that the BCCI will “act as the big brother and attend the tournament virtually”.
It is understood that besides the BCCI, Sri Lanka Cricket will also attend the proceedings through videoconferencing. It is also understood that attempts were made to have Afghanistan and Oman skip the AGM to ensure lack of a quorum, but the ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi ensured the meeting wasn’t jeopardised.
The BCCI thus agreed to join the proceedings. The AGM, in all likelihood, will confirm that the 2025 Asia Cup – in a flux in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor – will be hosted by the BCCI in the United Arab Emirates. While a proposal of asking BCCI to host the tournament in India is also likely to be tabled, UAE has emerged as the consensual venue for all the major Boards involved.
