The Pakistani cricket council (PCB) reportedly suspended its director of international cricket operations after the defeat of the seven goal of the national man in India, Asia 2025. that spoiled a significant meeting.
This problem broke out after Indian players refused to shake their hands with their Pakistani counterparts as soon as the match ended. What could have passed as a formality after the game soon packed in a great controversy with PCB requiring the removal of Andy Pycroft Referee. The Council directly accused him of fiasco, which further tense cricket relationships between the two archivals.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav justified his team’s attitude as a result of victory with seven goals and said it was meant as a gesture of solidarity with families killed in a recent terrorist attack Pahalgam. Twenty -six people lost their lives in an incident that Indian security agencies attributed to Pakistan supported by militants. The refusal to engage in the usual Handshake, Suryakumar insisted that he was a symbolic performance of respect, even though he came in the middle of extensive criticism in India about the team’s participation against Pakistan in the tournament.
The PCB responded sharply to the development. After originally raised a problem with the Asian cricket council (ACC), the board of directors is now looking for intervention of the international cricket council (ICC). Demand bears its own layers of complexity: while PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is currently at the head of ACC, ICC is named Indian Jay Shah. However, the Cup in Asia itself is governed by ACC and does not fall directly into the ICC jurisdiction.
In a statement shared on X, Naqvi said: “PCB filed a complaint against ICC on violation of the referee and MCC laws concerning the spirit of cricket. PCB demanded immediate removal of the referee.”
According to the version of PCB Pycroft events, he specifically instructed Pakistani Captain Salman Ali Agu to throw his hands with an Indian counterpart. The Pakistani team manager Neded Cheema also filed an ACC complaint and claimed that Pycroft recommended against the usual exchange of team sheets between two captains before the match.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
September 15, 2025
