Pakistan had lodged a grievance in opposition to the Indian gamers for not shaking fingers after the Asia Cup 2025 conflict. The PCB chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, had known as the ICC to take away match referee Andy Pycroft, which is unlikely to be met.
The Worldwide Cricket Council is unlikely to just accept the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) demand to take away match referee Andy Pycroft from the Asia Cup 2025 regardless of the board threatening to boycott its upcoming match in opposition to the UAE, Cricbuzz reported.
The report added that the ICC has not issued any official response to PCB’s request for altering the referee, and the Worldwide Board is unlikely to accede to such a request.
Notably, it’s believed that Pycroft doesn’t have a lot of a job within the handshake gate, as he might need simply conveyed the message from India to Pakistan about Suryakumar Yadav not wanting a handshake with opposition skipper Salman Agha.
In the meantime, it is usually believed that eradicating a referee with a restricted position within the handshake gate after an enchantment from just one group will set a unsuitable precedent.
Pakistan had lodged a grievance to the Asian Cricket Council in opposition to India for his or her gamers not shaking fingers. “The PCB has lodged a grievance with the ICC relating to violations by the Match Referee of the ICC Code of Conduct and the MCC Legal guidelines pertaining to the Spirit of Cricket. The PCB has demanded an instantaneous elimination of the Match Referee from the Asia Cup,” PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi mentioned in a social media submit on Monday.
The Indian gamers refused to shake fingers with their Pakistan counterparts, with India skipper Suryakumar Yadav avoiding the greeting on the toss first. After ending the match with a six, he and non-striker Shivam Dube went right away to the dressing room.
Pakistan skipper Salman Agha didn’t attend the post-match presentation, and the Pakistan Cricket Board lodged a grievance with the Asian Cricket Council relating to the Indian gamers’ actions. “Workforce supervisor Naveed Cheema lodged a robust protest in opposition to the Indian gamers’ behaviour of not shaking fingers. It was deemed as unsporting and in opposition to the spirit of the sport. As a protest, we didn’t ship our captain to the post-match ceremony,” the PCB assertion learn, in line with PTI.