All eyes had been on the ICC Board meet in Dubai on Friday because the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia was anticipated to lift the Asia Cup trophy matter. The difficulty, nevertheless, was neither raised on the Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meet earlier this week nor on the Board meet. It wasn't a part of any official agenda and by no means got here up for a proper dialogue throughout the previous few days in Dubai.It's learnt that there have been some casual discussions on the sidelines of the Board meet the place Saikia identified that India, the winners of 2025 Asia Cup, are but to get the trophy. Whereas Saikia was representing the Indian cricket board, Mohsin Naqvi represented the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
There was plenty of suspense round Naqvi's attendance for the meet however, as TimesofIndia.com had reported earlier, the PCB chief reached Dubai simply an hour earlier than the formal Board meet was about to get underway. It's additional understood that the Board members had prolonged casual discussions earlier than the official session however Naqvi skipped that as he left for Dubai solely on Friday morning. He was scheduled to remain in Dubai in a single day and the sensation within the room was that the trophy deadlock may finish quickly.“There have been no heated arguments or something. The matter was introduced up throughout an off-the-cuff dialogue and each PCB and BCCI would work in the direction of resolving it on the earliest. Whether or not it wants intervention from ICC – by forming a committee or one thing – will not be determined at this stage, however it was all very wholesome and cordial,” says an administrator who attended the conferences in Dubai this week.“Sure there have been critical doubts whether or not Mr Mohsin Naqvi would come for the Board meet however as soon as he got here, routine adopted and the trophy matter was solely mentioned on the sidelines,” he added.TimesofIndia.com reached out to BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia for a remark and the story can be up to date the second he responds.
