BCCI set to attend ACC assembly nearly

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is ready to nearly attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), to be held in Dhaka on Thursday. The assembly will seal the destiny of the Asia Cup, scheduled to be hosted by India in September.

Over the final week, within the backdrop of the political rigidity between India and Bangladesh, the BCCI had threatened to boycott the AGM. But on Wednesday, a senior BCCI functionary, preferring anonymity, confirmed to The Hindu that the BCCI will “act as a giant brother and attend the match nearly”.

It is known that moreover BCCI, Sri Lanka Cricket will even attend the proceedings by videoconferencing. It can be understood that makes an attempt have been made to have Afghanistan and Oman to skip the AGM in an effort to guarantee lack of a quorum on the AGM, however the ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi ensured the AGM wasn’t in jeopardy.

The BCCI thus agreed to hitch the proceedings. The AGM, in all chance, will affirm that the 2025 Asia Cup – unsure within the aftermath of the Operation Sindoor – will likely be hosted by the BCCI within the United Arab Emirates. While a proposal of asking BCCI to host the match in India can be more likely to be tabled, UAE has emerged because the consensus venue for all the most important Boards concerned.