AVA - Pakistan Wants to Play a non-Asian team instead of Afghanistan in World Cup warm-ups

Pakistan Wants to Play a non-Asian team instead of Afghanistan in World Cup warm-ups

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly asked the International Cricket Council if they can play another team and not Afghanistan in the World Cup warm ups later this year.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Citing PCB sources, Geo News said that Pakistan wants to play a non-Asian team instead of Afghanistan in World Cup warm-ups.

PCB has reasoned that the Pakistan team would have played Afghanistan in the Asia Cup which will take place ahead of the World Cup. The PCB feels another match against Afghanistan will not be beneficial to the team.

Earlier reports also indicated that Pakistan had asked to swap venues for the matches against Afghanistan and Australia in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held in October-November in India.