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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are amidst a financial dispute over covering the costs caused by the shifting of the Asia Cup 2023 from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. T he continental tournament was moved to the Island nation after the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) denied sending Team India to Pakistan citing geo-political issues between the two countries.
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During the recent Annual General Meeting of the Asian Cricket Council, SLC made a case for not taking the extra costs as they were not the official hosts and the board didn't earn extra from the tournament. However, the PCB argued that it wasn't their decision to shift the tournament and hence the ACC should take up these expenses.
A source, quoted by the PTI, said that during the Bali meeting, ACC chief Jay Shah clarified that it was the PCB that insisted on hosting four matches after the ACC board had decided to move the entire tournament to Sri Lanka. The source said, "When the financial dispute was discussed by the acting chairman of the PCB, Khawar Shah, and CEO Salman Naseer (in Bali), Jay Shah and the SLC were on the same page."
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The PTI report further claimed that PCB has so far made upfront payments of $281,700 and agreed to give SLC $2,069,885 for the venues. But, now, the PCB has urged the ACC, being the parent body, to share some of the additional costs and pay the hosting fee of 2.5 million dollars.
