Pakistan to host Asia Cup in 2020
The next Asia Cup is scheduled to be played in September 2020, right before the next ICC World T20
(Web Desk) – Pakistan will host the next Asia Cup cricket, new Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said on Thursday.
Talking to media on Thursday, he said that the next Asia Cup will be hosted by Pakistan, and the hosting right belongs to them, adding that where they will host the tournament, it’s up to them.
The last Asia Cup was hosted by India who arranged the tournament in the UAE, Nazmul Hassan said and added Pakistan can do something like that.
Ehsan Mani, the chief development officer of ACC, on Thursday said: “We have a long programme to develop the Asian cricket. We want to start from under-16 and under-19 to the Asia Cup.”
He said: “It’s not about cricket only but also about developing our umpires, match referees. Our main focus is to strengthen cricket of Asia. Asia is the strongest area for cricket. Afghanistan invested a lot for cricket and thus they became the full member nation of International Cricket Council (ICC). We’re searching for more nations. Oman, Hong Kong and Saudi Arab are doing well.”
The next Asia Cup is scheduled to be played in September 2020, right before the next ICC World Twenty20.
