Ever since the BCCI secretary Jay Shah commented that India will not be going to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year, a lot has been happening around. Post Jay Shah’s comments, the PCB also came up with a statement and said that this may impact Pakistan's participation in the 50-overs ODI World Cup in India.
"The overall impact of such statements have the potential to split the Asian and international cricketing communities, and can impact Pakistan's visit to India for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and future ICC Events in India in the 2024-2031 cycle," PCB said in its statement.
The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma addressed the press on Saturday and he said that his team is gearing up for the T20 World Cup.
"My take is let's focus on this World Cup because it is important for us. We are not worried about what's going to happen later. There is no point thinking about it, the BCCI will make decisions on that. We are just thinking about being focused on tomorrow's game," said Rohit.
The Men in Blue under the leadership of Rohit Sharma will be taking on Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. India will then face the Netherlands on October 27.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.