New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, Devajit Saikia explained why India has no choice but to play Pakistan in the ingoing Asia Cup 2025.

Saikia told Hindustan Times, "We have decided to participate in the Asia Cup because it is a multinational competition. It is just like an Olympic, any FIFA tournament, AFC tournament, or International Athletics Tournament."

"So we cannot boycott the multinational tournament because if we boycott this tournament, that will bring a lot of negativity for all our future endeavours of hosting any multinational tournament in the country," he was quoted as saying.

His statement came when social media has been abuzz with criticism over India vs Pakistan Asia Cup ...