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Cricket in the United Arab Emirates needs to be improved and this will require a diverse strategy. First of all while the UAE Cricket Board financial enrichment is crucial it should be supported by accountability and openness to ensure efficient resource use. Secondly increasing cricketers benefits and allowances will undoubtedly increase local interest in the sport but it should be combined with grassroots development programmes to find and develop fresh talent. Thirdly choosing a capable coach with a great eye for talent is essential since they can be instrumental in developing a powerful team. Additionally, by providing specialised training and growth opportunities cricket academies will act as a breeding ground for future stars. Last but not least in addition to setting up bilateral series players focus and preparation can be maintained by following a disciplined practise schedule under the direction of the cricket board during off competitive times. The United Arab Emirates can create the conditions for cricket in their nation to have a more promising future by putting these steps in place.

No matter what is said to increase the facilities of the cricketers etc, the local people of United Arab Emirates are little interested in these efforts, because their local people already own a lot of money. Anyway that's not the main thing, there is going to be a match between United Arab Emirates and Nepal tomorrow night,  Even though United Arab Emirates is a few steps behind Nepal in terms of ranking and strength, even then I will says that the win probability is still unpredictable. And I hope that UAE won't repeat their mistake with West Indies here.

The Asia Cup Deadlock is likely to end as Hybrid Model proposed by PCB is to be accepted by ACC.

There will be total 13 games and four of five matches will be played in Pakistan while rest will be hosted by Srilanka. India will play all its game in Srilanka and if India qualify for the final then final will also be played in Sri lanka. There are six teams participating in Asia Cup, India, Pakistan and Nepal are in one group while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in the other group.
News Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/asia-cup-2023-set-to-be-played-in-pakistan-and-sri-lanka-1380936

Like everyone else I would say that PCB has taken a good decision if their cricket board had not accepted it would have a bad impact on their cricket.Hopefully, if everything goes well, we will see a beautiful Asia Cup. And thanks to ICC for finding a solution to this problem.

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[Sithara007]

Like everyone else I would say that PCB has taken a good decision if their cricket board had not accepted it would have a bad impact on their cricket.Hopefully, if everything goes well, we will see a beautiful Asia Cup. And thanks to ICC for finding a solution to this problem.

ICC didn't did anything. Asia Cup is being organized by the ACC and the deal was reached between the BCCI, PCB, SLCB, BCB and ACB. It would have been better if they had selected the United Arab Emirates or Oman as the co-hosts. Instead they went for Sri Lanka. Now the traveling part is going to be complicated. For Nepal and some of the other teams, they need to travel to Sri Lanka and Pakistan within a couple of days and then play matches. PCB was also in favor of hosting the matches in UAE/Oman, since they would have received gate collections. But the other boards were against that idea.

[JSRAW]

@Sithara007 Something interesting happening between Disney Hotstar and Zee. Do you remember these parties made a statement regarding sharing ICC rights?

Guess what? It's still not final after 8 long months. At the same time, Disney made the Asia Cup and ICC tournaments free to watch for its mobile users. 2014 Jio effect happening again, this time with the streaming domain.

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PCB was also in favor of hosting the matches in UAE/Oman, since they would have received gate collections. But the other boards were against that idea.

And I also think that this PCB favor was good and It would have been better if the Asia Cup was played in UAE/Oman (due to India Pakistan Crisis) because now first the teams will go to Pakistan and than to Srilanka.
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 I am in the favor of this decision which has been made by ACC. Means It was the Asia Cup and it should have been played in Asia so they have made a good decision I think.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

PCB was also in favor of hosting the matches in UAE/Oman, since they would have received gate collections. But the other boards were against that idea.

And I also think that this PCB favor was good and It would have been better if the Asia Cup was played in UAE/Oman (due to India Pakistan Crisis) because now first the teams will go to Pakistan and than to Srilanka.
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 I am in the favor of this decision which has been made by ACC. Means It was the Asia Cup and it should have been played in Asia so they have made a good decision I think.

Finally a good news for cricket lovers specially the most anticipated match of ACC Pakistan vs India is going to happen.
Sensible decision by PCB and ACC.
These upcoming months are going to be exciting for cricket fans .

[MusaPk]

Finally, the correct decision has been made regarding the Asia Cup. So far there have been many discussions and criticisms about this Asia Cup, finally ICC BCCI and Pakistan Cricket Board have been able to reach a correct decision. If India had not agreed to tour Pakistan due to political unrest, the Asia Cup schedule would have been decided much earlier. Finally the hybrid model is going to be held in the 2023 Asia Cup. Since the World Cup is ahead, this year's Asia Cup will be held in ODI format in view of that World Cup so that these six teams can prepare well before the World Cup.

BCCI is so powerful board that no one including ICC can stand in front of him. BCCI stance was that they will not play in Pakistan in which they won. I don't know BCCI only has issue in playing in Pakistan while they have no issue in hosting same country on there own land? Nonetheless its a good news for Nepal as they will finally be seen competing with top teams of Asia. 

[posi]

I would say that it was a good decision to make the Asia Cup being played in the ODI format. Because it is going to be good practice for the players ahead of the world cup. It is also very glad to know that they have finally come to an understanding. I am still very skeptical about this being the last time when we will see some problems being created regarding the Asia Cup. But at least we saw them coming to an understanding. There was a lot of talking going on about the Asia Cup and where it is going to be hosted. Finally, we can see a decision being made which is not too bad, to be honest.

We all know how difficult is arranging things between these two countries but still ICC diplomacy works, and now we are going to have Asia Cup in September with mostly Indian matches are going to play in Sri Lanka with if India reaches into final then final will be also played in Sri Lanka which is good because now after end of deadlock things looking positive for the world cup as well which was under threat of Pakistan will not tour India if they are not going to play in Asia Cup.

Even I believe now it's time for these both countries to have better relationship in sports which is not easy but still we need some positive changes for better things in other fields as well, hopefully now cricketing fans from both countries will enjoy good cricket for long time with end of this deadlock.

Well, it is certainly difficult to arrange a match between Pakistan and India. I am just happy that we are eventually seeing the match be played, hope so. I really do hope that there will not be any more problems regarding this issue cup and India versus Pakistan match. I am absolutely sure that these two countries do not have any problem with each other when it comes to regular people and even the players that will be playing against each other.

But for some reason, the politicians are just absolutely interested in creating problems between both teams. And we all know that cricket is mostly run by politicians. So, it is obvious that there will be problems arranging the match between these two.

[onecall123]

I would say that it was a good decision to make the Asia Cup being played in the ODI format. Because it is going to be good practice for the players ahead of the world cup. It is also very glad to know that they have finally come to an understanding. I am still very skeptical about this being the last time when we will see some problems being created regarding the Asia Cup. But at least we saw them coming to an understanding. There was a lot of talking going on about the Asia Cup and where it is going to be hosted. Finally, we can see a decision being made which is not too bad, to be honest.

A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

[Vaskiy]

I would say that it was a good decision to make the Asia Cup being played in the ODI format. Because it is going to be good practice for the players ahead of the world cup. It is also very glad to know that they have finally come to an understanding. I am still very skeptical about this being the last time when we will see some problems being created regarding the Asia Cup. But at least we saw them coming to an understanding. There was a lot of talking going on about the Asia Cup and where it is going to be hosted. Finally, we can see a decision being made which is not too bad, to be honest.

A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

True, Pakistan have been planning for the Asia Cup hosting for a long. When India denied to play in Pakistan, there were more controversy. India being one among the powerful board of ICC gave it high position against the PCB. Now the result is welcoming, because someway Pakistan have got the chance to host the tournament. Even in its bad economic situation PCB have been doing the best to make everyone comfortable within their country.

[posi]

I would say that it was a good decision to make the Asia Cup being played in the ODI format. Because it is going to be good practice for the players ahead of the world cup. It is also very glad to know that they have finally come to an understanding. I am still very skeptical about this being the last time when we will see some problems being created regarding the Asia Cup. But at least we saw them coming to an understanding. There was a lot of talking going on about the Asia Cup and where it is going to be hosted. Finally, we can see a decision being made which is not too bad, to be honest.

A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

Well, it is better to at least post four matches instead of zero. So I believe Pakistan will take this as a win for them. I am sure that Pakistan wanted to host the whole tournament. But the opposing party, BCCI, is too strong to be honest. And if they say something the ICC will listen most of the time. And it’s understandable. Pakistan can think that it is still not fair. But they should be happy that they are still getting to host four matches. Well, it does not matter I guess because finally, we will be able to see India versus Pakistan. This is going to be big. I believe Pakistan is going to be very determined to beat India

[keyscore44]

I would say that it was a good decision to make the Asia Cup being played in the ODI format. Because it is going to be good practice for the players ahead of the world cup. It is also very glad to know that they have finally come to an understanding. I am still very skeptical about this being the last time when we will see some problems being created regarding the Asia Cup. But at least we saw them coming to an understanding. There was a lot of talking going on about the Asia Cup and where it is going to be hosted. Finally, we can see a decision being made which is not too bad, to be honest.

A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

Well, it is better to at least post four matches instead of zero. So I believe Pakistan will take this as a win for them. I am sure that Pakistan wanted to host the whole tournament. But the opposing party, BCCI, is too strong to be honest. And if they say something the ICC will listen most of the time. And it’s understandable. Pakistan can think that it is still not fair. But they should be happy that they are still getting to host four matches. Well, it does not matter I guess because finally, we will be able to see India versus Pakistan. This is going to be big. I believe Pakistan is going to be very determined to beat India

Both Pakistan and India teams have performed exceptionally well in the ODI format. Pakistan team has some batsmen like first class Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan they are outstanding. But not only Virat Kohli of Indian team but also other players like Jadeja Rohit Sharma are some players who are taking the Indian team forward tremendously.

[TheSpiral]

A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

Well, it is better to at least post four matches instead of zero. So I believe Pakistan will take this as a win for them. I am sure that Pakistan wanted to host the whole tournament. But the opposing party, BCCI, is too strong to be honest. And if they say something the ICC will listen most of the time. And it’s understandable. Pakistan can think that it is still not fair. But they should be happy that they are still getting to host four matches. Well, it does not matter I guess because finally, we will be able to see India versus Pakistan. This is going to be big. I believe Pakistan is going to be very determined to beat India

Both Pakistan and India teams have performed exceptionally well in the ODI format. Pakistan team has some batsmen like first class Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan they are outstanding. But not only Virat Kohli of Indian team but also other players like Jadeja Rohit Sharma are some players who are taking the Indian team forward tremendously.

India is strong team and they brought some new talent in the cricket. Shubman gill and sourya Kumar Yadav are known best for ODI and twenty format. Siraj is also best bowlers have agood technique with ball. India team is favourite for this year Asia cup. Pakistan also has good batsmen and bowlers but i think Pakistan are more special in bowling rather then batting. if they improved their batting then i think Pakistan will be dangerous team.

[MusaPk]

Like everyone else I would say that PCB has taken a good decision if their cricket board had not accepted it would have a bad impact on their cricket.Hopefully, if everything goes well, we will see a beautiful Asia Cup. And thanks to ICC for finding a solution to this problem.

There is champions trophy coming up in 2024 and Pakistan has got its hosting rights. There are unconfirmed news that India will not visit Pakistan to play that ICC tournament and that's the primary reason it will be relocated to some other country. So BCCI was not comfortable in playing in Pakistan no matter whether its ACC event or ICC but willing to host Pakistan in India. Its a win win situation for BCCI and total loss for PCB.

[Vaskiy]

@Sithara007 Something interesting happening between Disney Hotstar and Zee. Do you remember these parties made a statement regarding sharing ICC rights?

Guess what? It's still not final after 8 long months. At the same time, Disney made the Asia Cup and ICC tournaments free to watch for its mobile users. 2014 Jio effect happening again, this time with the streaming domain.

It means the jio effect of the IPL live streaming is getting reflected. Disney+Hotstar have let mobile users with free live streaming of Asia Cup. The Zee entertainment has been provided with the broadcasting rights of ICC men's tournaments and U-19 cricket tournaments for four years.

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A great news for cricket lovers! An official decision has been made regarding the upcoming Asia cup, and it's good news all around. Initially, India had rejected the hybrid model proposed by the PCB, but now they have agreed to play according to the given hybrid model. Pakistan is thrilled to be hosting 4 of the matches, and although 9 matches will shift to Sri Lanka, we can still consider this a victory for cricket as a whole. As a cricket fans, we should welcome this positive response!

Well, it is better to at least post four matches instead of zero. So I believe Pakistan will take this as a win for them. I am sure that Pakistan wanted to host the whole tournament. But the opposing party, BCCI, is too strong to be honest. And if they say something the ICC will listen most of the time. And it’s understandable. Pakistan can think that it is still not fair. But they should be happy that they are still getting to host four matches. Well, it does not matter I guess because finally, we will be able to see India versus Pakistan. This is going to be big. I believe Pakistan is going to be very determined to beat India

Both Pakistan and India teams have performed exceptionally well in the ODI format. Pakistan team has some batsmen like first class Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan they are outstanding. But not only Virat Kohli of Indian team but also other players like Jadeja Rohit Sharma are some players who are taking the Indian team forward tremendously.

India is strong team and they brought some new talent in the cricket. Shubman gill and sourya Kumar Yadav are known best for ODI and twenty format. Siraj is also best bowlers have agood technique with ball. India team is favourite for this year Asia cup. Pakistan also has good batsmen and bowlers but i think Pakistan are more special in bowling rather then batting. if they improved their batting then i think Pakistan will be dangerous team.

The Asia cup will tell now how will suryakumar yadav and shubman gill will perform,  they are totally judged on basis of their performance in ipl but sometimes things turn out to be different in other grounds and formats .

[romero121]

India is strong team and they brought some new talent in the cricket. Shubman gill and sourya Kumar Yadav are known best for ODI and twenty format. Siraj is also best bowlers have agood technique with ball. India team is favourite for this year Asia cup. Pakistan also has good batsmen and bowlers but i think Pakistan are more special in bowling rather then batting. if they improved their batting then i think Pakistan will be dangerous team.

The Asia cup will tell now how will suryakumar yadav and shubman gill will perform,  they are totally judged on basis of their performance in ipl but sometimes things turn out to be different in other grounds and formats .

Those two have played almost same number of ODI matches. Shubman Gill have got better batting average of 60+ runs against that of Suryakumar Yadav's 24 runs. We can't be early judgemental, everyone should be given sufficient opportunities. Only then it is possible to watch the real ability of the players. Shubman Gill is very young and he have got years to build his career better. Suryakumar Yadav is already 32 and now its time to do the best for the team and get slotted in every important tournaments.

[laurenB7742]

India is strong team and they brought some new talent in the cricket. Shubman gill and sourya Kumar Yadav are known best for ODI and twenty format. Siraj is also best bowlers have agood technique with ball. India team is favourite for this year Asia cup. Pakistan also has good batsmen and bowlers but i think Pakistan are more special in bowling rather then batting. if they improved their batting then i think Pakistan will be dangerous team.

The Asia cup will tell now how will suryakumar yadav and shubman gill will perform,  they are totally judged on basis of their performance in ipl but sometimes things turn out to be different in other grounds and formats .

Those two have played almost same number of ODI matches. Shubman Gill have got better batting average of 60+ runs against that of Suryakumar Yadav's 24 runs. We can't be early judgemental, everyone should be given sufficient opportunities. Only then it is possible to watch the real ability of the players. Shubman Gill is very young and he have got years to build his career better. Suryakumar Yadav is already 32 and now its time to do the best for the team and get slotted in every important tournaments.

Shubman Gill is an excellent batsman. In IPL, he impressed everyone with his excellent batting. He played very well. But don't forget that Shubman Gill is only 23 years old. He is not experienced enough to be a good platform in IPL. BCCI has a lot of talented players. However, BCCI has always given more preference to experienced players when it comes to World Cup squad formation. BCCI builds the squad with only experienced players. And so between Suryakumar and Shubman Gill, BCCI is likely to favor Suryakumar Yadav.

[Sithara007]

@Sithara007 Something interesting happening between Disney Hotstar and Zee. Do you remember these parties made a statement regarding sharing ICC rights?

Guess what? It's still not final after 8 long months. At the same time, Disney made the Asia Cup and ICC tournaments free to watch for its mobile users. 2014 Jio effect happening again, this time with the streaming domain.

Don't know much about the first part. I thought that the deal was already finalized. And regarding the free broadcast for Asia Cup and ICC World Cup, I guess it is available only for mobile users. Hotstar is trying to replicate the JioTV model, where the OTT platform ended up with significant advertisement revenues during this season of the IPL. That said, I don't know how successful this model can be, given the fact that ad revenues are way below the amount both these companies paid for the IPL media rights (₹25,484 crore for Star India).

[ThemePen]

Nonetheless its a good news for Nepal as they will finally be seen competing with top teams of Asia. 

Nepal shown its existence and perform really well in its previous matches and now we are looking it in the Asia Cup and I hope it will show its power in the Cup too. All are top levels team and now we can say the Nepal team is also in top levels teams because now it is playing with them. And if it will perform well so it will show its name everywhere.

[Sithara007]

Nonetheless its a good news for Nepal as they will finally be seen competing with top teams of Asia. 

Nepal shown its existence and perform really well in its previous matches and now we are looking it in the Asia Cup and I hope it will show its power in the Cup too. All are top levels team and now we can say the Nepal team is also in top levels teams because now it is playing with them. And if it will perform well so it will show its name everywhere.

If you remember, Nepal qualified for the Asia Cup back in 2006 as well. But then the entire tournament was cancelled due to some dispute between the BCCI and PCB. For the next edition of the Asia Cup, the qualifiers was conducted once again rather than allowing Nepal to qualify directly. And this was the time when ICC changed their eligibility criteria, which allowed the Gulf teams to compete with first class players from India and Pakistan. As a result, the next tournament was conducted in 2008, and United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong participated in this tournament along with the 4 test nations from Asia.