Asia Cup postponment not due to India's refusal to play Pakistan
The Asia Cup cricket tournament was not postponed due to India's refusal to play Pakistan, a UAE cricket official has said
22-Jan-2001
The Asia Cup cricket tournament was not postponed due to India's refusal to
play Pakistan, a UAE cricket official has said.
Instead, the tight schedule of both India and Pakistan was
responsible for the rescheduling of the five-nation tournament
which was to be held in Karachi in April, Mazhar Khan, UAE representative
at ICC, was quoted by the Gulf News as saying
on Monday.
Khan said there was no clash between Asia Cup and the Asian
Test championship which will go ahead as scheduled.
"The choice was not of either staging the Asia Cup or the Asian
Test championship. Both are separate and will be held at different dates,"
he said.
The tournament featuring India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Hong
Kong will, in all probability, be held next year.