Pakistan's drama regarding the Asia Cup and the World Cup has been going on for some time now. Despite the Asia Cup tournament being fixed on the hybrid model, Pakistan is trying to create a ruckus on it. There Sports Minister Ahsan Mazari had said that he would again oppose India not coming to Pakistan for this tournament and if Team India does not come here, Pakistan team will also demand its match at a neutral place for the World Cup. . IPL chairman Arun Dhumal's big statement has come amidst the hysterics of Pakistan. He has given a befitting reply to Pakistan. Dhumal has said that whatever happens, Team India will not travel to Pakistan.

Dhumal is currently in Durban for the ICC Chief Executives' Meeting (CEC). He confirmed that BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB representative chief Zaka Ashraf met ahead of Thursday's ICC board meeting to finalize the schedule. Dhumal said- BCCI secretary met PCB chief Zaka Ashraf and the schedule of Asia Cup was finalised. As discussed earlier about this tournament, the talk continues on the same. Pakistan will have four matches in the league round, while nine matches will be played in Sri Lanka. These include both the matches between India and Pakistan. If both teams play the final, the third game will also be played in Sri Lanka.

He dismissed reports coming from Pakistani media that India would travel to the neighboring country as claimed by their Sports Minister Ahsan Mazari. Dhumal said, "There was no such discussion. All the reports are fake. Neither India is traveling to Pakistan nor will our secretary travel there. Only the program has been finalised." In all likelihood, India will play Pakistan in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, just like the 2010 edition. Pakistan's only home match at home will be against weak Nepal. The other three matches to be played there could be Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan.

Actually, since last year there is a dispute regarding the venue of the Asia Cup. The PCB drama continues after Asian Cricket Council President Jay Shah announced to hold the tournament at a neutral venue. Former PCB chief Rameez Raja had protested against the tournament not being held in Pakistan and had threatened not to come to India for the World Cup. Then Najam Sethi became the interim chairman of PCB. He also made the same threat. However, later after several meetings, it was decided to conduct the tournament on a hybrid model. In which it was decided to have four matches in Pakistan, while all the other matches including the Super-Four and the final would be held in Sri Lanka.

After this the chairman was changed again in PCB. Najam Sethi left his post. However, the new chairman of PCB has not been announced yet and Zaka Ashraf is certain to be elected. Meanwhile, the ICC released the World Cup schedule after Pakistan's consent. As soon as the schedule was released, Pakistan disputed the venue of the two matches. These include matches against Afghanistan at Chepauk, Chennai and against Australia at Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru. However, the ICC turned down the PCB's demand. Then Pakistan raised the issue of security and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif formed a high level committee. No PCB official was included in this committee. Only politicians were kept in it, on which former cricketers targeted.