Afridi advocates for Pakistan's participation in 2023 World Cup in India

Former Pakistan cricketer, Shahid Afridi, has expressed his belief that the Men in Green should travel to India to participate in this year's ICC World Cup, which will take place in October and November. 

"Pakistan team should tour India for the World Cup. This will send a positive message about Pakistan supporting cricket," he said. 

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He emphasized the need to separate cricket from politics and called for the Asia Cup to be hosted in Pakistan, urging the relevant authorities to make a prompt decision regarding it.

 “Asia Cup should take place in Pakistan. I think cricket and politics should be kept separate,” he said.

“There should be no further delay with regards to final decision on the Asia Cup,” he added.

It must be noted that earlier, BCCI refuted the idea of sending their team to Pakistan for this year's Asia Cup and kept on reinstating that the entire tournament should be held at a neutral venue.

On the contrary, PCB is adamant about hosting the event in their territory, at least some part of it; otherwise, it would waive off all the efforts made in order to summon international cricket back to the country.

The Asian tournament was facing potential boycott threats from Pakistan, which has now forced India to consider a "hybrid model" for the tournament.

Pakistan and India are known arch-rivals based on their historical grounds - fans from both ends of the borders anticipate their face-off on the cricket field with eagerness and excitement. However, it's no less than unfortunate that both the national teams haven't played each other on home soil in any format of the game since 2012.