'Bewaja Marta mein hi hoon'- Fans react as Pakistan, India and Nepal to play in same group in Asia Cup 2023

Asia Cup 2023 (Source: Twitter)

Nepal will join India and Pakistan in the same group for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. This development was confirmed after the former trumped UAE in the final of the ACC Premier Cup which took place on Thursday. Nepal won the game on the back of Lajit Rajbanshi’s four wicket haul. Gulsan Jha’s made a wonderful 67 for Nepal as they beat UAE by 7 wickets at Kirtipur. It was a dominating performance from Nepal in the end.

Courtesy of this fine win, Nepal have earned in spot in Group A along with the likes of India and Pakistan, while Group B has Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. While the groups have been finalised, there have been no conclusions as to where India's games will be held.

The four neutral venues that have been shortlisted are UAE, Sri Lanka, England and Oman. A round of reports from Pakistan that have come in claimed that the ACC has sent out a proposal to stop the Asia Cup and play a five nation tournament, instead. This tournament, however, if it is played, will exclude Pakistan. But such reports were quashed by the ACC on Monday.

The 2022 edition of the Asia Cup was held in the UAE

India and Pakistan have tried to find a solution of having India's games at a neutral venue while all other games to be played in Pakistan. But the PCB and the ICB have not come to concrete conclusions on this yet. Jay Shah had earlier categorically stated that India will not be able to travel to Pakistan unless it gets the required approval from the government.

"There has been exchange of messages but no discussion or proposal to postpone the Asia Cup has been floated," An ACC member was quoted as saying by MY Khel. "Secondly, if the Asia Cup is cancelled, PCB will be intimated first. Nothing of that sort has happened till now. The ACC chairman (Shah) hasn't yet put anything on record. He added.

The last edition of the Asia Cup took place in 2022. It was held in the UAE in the T20 format. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in the final and were crowned Champions of Asia. This year, if the tournament takes place, then it will be held in the 50-over format.

Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:

Ky hamare openers firse hagenge?

— Rahul Sutar (@JaMeS_b0n_07) May 2, 2023

Nepal 🇳🇵 will be a strong contender as the spin attack of Nepal is world-class. They have 10 batters as well.

— UKBhadrapur (@UmeshKoirala1) May 2, 2023

Feeling pity for India and Pakistan.
Can't wait to witness sandip's googly kissing kohli and babar's off stump.

— subash poudel (@imspoudel7) May 2, 2023

Meanwhile Asia cup who is going to postponed be like pic.twitter.com/0XarBD3He1

— Shakti Man 💥 (@IamShaktiMann) May 2, 2023

Meanwhile..... pic.twitter.com/LOoZb18ehN

— Cricpedia (@_Cricpedia) May 2, 2023

Zimbabar .... pic.twitter.com/gqUwJNQ1LL

— @Mogambo_KhushHuwa (@INDIAsehu3) May 2, 2023

Will Asia Cup even happen? There are talks of @BCCI proposing a 5-nation tournament instead!

— Kaustubh P (@Causticcos) May 2, 2023

That’s amazing news. Will be great to see Nepal locking horns with their powerful neighbors!

— Sumit Agarwal 🇮🇳 (@sumitagarwal_IN) May 2, 2023

Pakistan shivering, they are not ready for hitman.

— unknown user (@tamilan_jr) May 2, 2023