The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed its dissatisfaction over BCCI secretary and president of the Asian Cricket Council, Jay Shah saying the schedule of the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 earlier than its personal official ceremony in Lahore earlier this week. The PCB had organised an occasion to announce the Asia Cup schedule together with unveiling the trophy on Wednesday, July 19 night in Lahore, which was attended by a number of former Pakistan cricketers and PCB’s Cricket Management Committee (CMC) headed by Zaka Ashraf.

However, half-an-hour earlier than the beginning of the occasion, Shah introduced the schedule on social media. “The PCB had a clear understanding with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) (that) it would release the schedule of the Asia Cup, five minutes after the ceremony started in Lahore. But unfortunately, half-an-hour before the ceremony started around 7.15 P.M, Jay Shah had announced it on social media,” one dependable supply within the board advised PTI.

The supply stated that the choice to announce the schedule by Jay Shah had spoilt the PCB’s ceremony, which was held however misplaced its relevance because the schedule was already out.

The supply added that the PCB had conveyed its displeasure to the ACC over the incident, however was advised it was all as a consequence of a misunderstanding.

“The ACC’s explanation was about misunderstandings over the time difference and all that, but the thing is, India is half-an-hour ahead of Pakistan time, so Jay Shah’s announcement was a shock,” the source said.

Another source in the board said it appeared as if Shah had settled scores for the unprofessional manner in which the PCB chairman Ashraf and the sports minister, Ahsan Mazari, had handled the meeting held between Shah and Ashraf in Durban during the ICC annual meeting.

“It seems as if Jay Shah settled scores after the confusion and questions he needed to face over, whether or not he had accepted an invite from Zaka to go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup matches which was broadly circulated by Mazari and the PCB within the media,” the supply stated.

The Asia Cup is scheduled to begin on August 30 in Multan with the hosts Pakistan taking over Nepal within the tournament-opener.

The much-anticipated conflict between India and Pakistan, who’re positioned in Group A, might be held in Kandy on September 2.

Pakistan will host 4 out of the 13 matches of Asia Cup 2013 together with the primary Super 4s fixture, whereas the remaining 9 matches together with the ultimate might be performed in Sri Lanka.

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