Pakistan cricket team revealed its brand new jersey ahead of the Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023 on Monday, The pictures of the Pakistan players wearing the new jersey for the continental event were circulating on social media with the absence of the host country’s name was noted beneath the Asia Cup logo.
The ongoing Asia Cup 2023 is hosted by both Pakistan and Sri Lanka as four matches will be played in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches will be played in Sri Lanka. The final will be one of a total of 13 games that will be played in the tournament to decide the winner of the marquee event.
According to the sources, the Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that the Asian Cricket Council has decided against mentioning the host nations’ names under the logo starting from the previous Asia Cup in UAE and said that it followed in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023, as it is a deliberate decision not print the host nation name under the logo.
“As previously discussed, we made a deliberate decision during the last Asia Cup not to include the year and hostname in the tournament logo. This was due to the presence of multiple logos circulating, one featuring Sri Lanka 2022, another with UAE 2022, and one with only the year 2022. We aimed to ensure consistency in our approach for a more effective logo outreach”.
“Please take note that you observed the Sri Lanka name and year solely on the jerseys, as the teams had already printed them by the time, we made the change. Consequently, for this year’s Asia Cup, right from the initial communication regarding the schedule announcement, we have been exclusively using the Asia Cup logo without the year and hostname,” A PCB official said.