Lahore: The Indian Media claimed on Tuesday that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to remove the competition referee Andy Pycroft from the current Asia Cup.
According to the reports, the ICC formally informed the PCB last night about its decision, in which Pakistan’s position was rejected that Pycroft had acted on behalf of the Indian team.
The PCB had submitted an official complaint to the ICC and accused Pycroft to violate the “Spirit of Cricket” by reporting the Pakistan and India captains not to shake hands for the throw for their Asia Cup 2025 -resistant value on Sunday.
The complaint also referred to the absence of the usual handshake between the two sides after the game.
There are reports of a possibility that ICC match referee Richard Richardson will be appointed as the competition referee for the upcoming Asia Cup lackets of Pakistan, although no official confirmation has been made.
Sources rather said that Pakistan is considering withdrawing from the tournament if his requirement was not met and described in the coming hours as crucial for future deliberations.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is expected to consult high government officials in Lahore later today to discuss the following course of the board.
The controversy arose after Pakistan and India Captains avoided a handshake at the Worp during their Asia Cup 2025 – -proof value, a reportedly directed by competition referee Pycroft.
The same was repeated by the end of the game, when the players of the opposite teams shake hands according to the cricket tradition, where the Indian team spread the usual handshake after the game.
While the Indian players congratulated each other with the Dugout after the game, they kept away from acknowledging or shaking hands with the Pakistani team.
Pakistan’s players stood in line and expected the usual handshake, only to withdraw the Indian team and close the changing room doors.
The victory captain of India, Suryakumar, defended his team’s decision not to shake the Pakistan players and said it was in accordance with their government and cricket board.
“We are tailored to the government and the Council of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Some things are over sportiness. Is it really sportiness if you don’t even shake hands with the other team? That was our answer,” he said.
The movement led to a strong reaction from the cricket brotherhood, as well as Mohsin Naqvi, which leads both the PCB and is also the serving head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha not only refused in protest to attend the presentation ceremony after the game, by breaking with temporary employment standards where captains usually share their thoughts, the PCB has filed a formal complaint with the ICC and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), with the axis of the matching of the Matcher-Egftert-Eer-Eytatting The Omesidese Omfessine Totadaine Asia Cope 2025-before the OMASSINE AT THE OMASSINE AT THE ASIA CUP DENSE ATSENTH OF INTRUCTED TOTAGE FOR THE ASIA COPE 2025. Usual handshake.
Apart from the recording of the case with the ICC, the PCB also landed hard on his own director of International Cricket, Usman Wahla, and he suspended him about not immediately forwarding an official letter to the ICC with regard to the Asia Cup Handshake controoverse.
The game of Sunday, the first since the two countries were involved in an armed conflict caused by the cross-border attack by India, followed by the retribution of Pakistan and launching “Operation Bunyan-Um-Marsoos”.
The hostilities left more than 70 people dead in rocket, drone and artillery fairs, before a ceasefire was finally reached.
The neighbors have not been met with both parties in a bilateral series in a bilateral series since 2012 and only play each other in international tournaments on neutral land as part of a compromise agreement.
Pakistan Cancel Pre-Match Perser
The Asia Cup Media Office has officially announced that Pakistan will not keep their press conference before the match today.
The briefing was planned at 20:30 PST in Dubai Cricket Stadium, prior to the Pakistani group match against the VAE on September 17.
In the meantime, the VAE team continues the preparations for the ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai, where they train for the long-awaited collision with Pakistan.
