Ramiz Raja disappointed with Najam Sethi's statement over Asia Cup
Former PCB Chairman didn’t hold back at all
Former captain Ramiz Raja opened up about the statement of the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee Najam Sethi, where the latter said that the Asia Cup can be held in Europe.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, Raja responded to Sethi’s comments saying that the whole point of the Asia Cup is to get used to the conditions of the sub-continent before the World Cup in India this year.
“The whole point of Asia Cup before the World Cup was that the teams get familiar with the conditions of the sub-continent,” said Raja.
“I was shocked to hear the Chairman PCB saying it would be great to see the Asia Cup being played at Lord’s. I mean are you out of your mind to host the Asia Cup in Europe? Once again, you can judge their cricketing knowledge by statements like these,” he added.
Earlier, Sethi said that it would be fun to organise Asia Cup matches at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, England.
“It is possible [Asia Cup being held in England] since we are the hosts, we can organise it any venue in the world,” Sethi said.
Raja also talked about the previous statement of Sethi where he said that they may organise the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Dubai due to taxation issues.
“Another statement that made me angry was Mr Chairman telling the press they want to organise PSL season 9 in UAE because there are issues with taxation in Pakistan,” he said.
“At one hand you’re saying that Pakistan is safe for cricket regarding Asia Cup but on the other hand you are saying that PSL should not be conducted in Pakistan, how does that make sense?” Raja continued.
“It took us years to bring the PSL back to Pakistan and to show the world that Pakistan is finally ready to host International cricket but you want to nullify that? This is disappointing,” he added.
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