karachi pakistan on tuesday threatened to pull out of next years world cup in india reacting strongly to bcci secretary jay shahs statement that they would prefer to play the asia cup at a neutral venuepakistan is scheduled to host the next edition of asia cup next year as per asian cricket councils executive boards decision incidentally shah is the president of asian cricket councilafter the bcci agm in mumbai on tuesday shah in an informal gathering of reporters stated that india will play the asia cup at a neutral venuesources close to pcb chairman ramiz raja indicated that one of the options that they are mulling after shahs statement is to pull out of the 50over icc world cup in indiaread alsojay shah confirms team india wont travel to pakistan for asia cup 2023bcci secretary jay shah on tuesday made it clear that india wont travel to pakistan for the asia cup next year and will instead push for a neutral venuethe pcb is now prepared to take hard decisions and play hard ball because it is also aware that the icc and acc events will have to face commercial liabilities and losses if pakistan does not play india in these multiteam events a senior pcb source told pti on conditions of anonymityindia does play pakistan at global or continental events but havent travelled to the neighbouring country since the 2008 asia cup pakistan last came to india for a short sixmatch white ball bilateral series in 2012the pcb when contacted declined to give an official reaction to shahs statementwe have nothing to say at the moment but yes we will look at things and take up this matter at appropriate forums like the icc board meeting in melbourne next month a spokesperson saidhowever it has been learnt that pcb chairman raja and other senior officials were very upset with the announcement by jay shah that india would not travel to pakistan next year and had decided to take some hard decisions nowthe pcb officials are surprised at the timing of jay shahs statement because there is still nearly a year to go before the asia cup is held in pakistan in september 2023 one insider saidhe said the pcb had been aware that the issue of india travelling to pakistan for the asia cup was on the bcci agm but didnt expect any announcement or statements on this issue at this timethe pcb is wondering in what capacity has jay shah given the statement that the acc will look to relocate the asia cup to uae out of pakistan because the hosting rights were awarded by the executive board of the acc not the president the pcb source saidpcb could pull out of acc membershipthe pcb sources said that raja would be sending a strong letter to the acc on the matter and would be demanding an emergency meeting of the acc board to be convened in melbourne next month to discuss shahs statementthe insider also disclosed that