The much-maligned Afro Asia Cup cricket tournament today received a major setback with Nimbus threatening to pull the plug on the telecast of matches.
Nimbus, which had bagged the television rights for the inter-continental event from the Asian Cricket Council, has said that relevant terms of the contract would not apply anymore since the matches were originally scheduled for last year.

"We have been told (by Nimbus) that the terms have to be suitably changed because the financial figures mentioned in the contract were applicable only for last year and not this year," an ACC source said.

Coming with less than a week to go for the tournament - that was to be held from June 6 to 10 in Bangalore and Chennai - Nimbus' ultimatum is sure to leave the ACC and the series in a major crisis.

The Afro-Asia Cup was first held in 2005 featuring three one-dayers in South Africa.

The event, a brainchild of former BCCI and ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya, was initially planned to be held annually for three years.

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