Pakistan and UAE players after the match. (Pic Credit: ACC) Timesofindia.com in Dubai: Metallic’s song “Nothing else matters” could be the perfect theme of the match Pakistan vs.It was a Rock-and-Roll day in Dubai.The match started an hour late after Pakistan threatened to boy be boycotted by the Asian Cup if the referee of Andy Pycroft continued to work. The players were ready to take a bus at the hotel but were asked to stay back. In Lahore, Chief of Pakistani cricket councils (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi, he called on his predecessors – Najam Sethi and Ramiz Raja – to seek advice on how to deal with the ongoing crisis.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!
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After the meeting, the PCB issued a statement with the inscription: “ICC referee Andy Pycroft apologized to Captain and manager Pakistan after the 14th September prevented the Indian vs Pakistan’s handshake and described it as incorrect communication.”Then came a press conference in Lahore and Mohsin Naqvi published on X: “We asked the Pakistani team to go to the cricket stadium in Dubai.”Read also | Handshake Row: INSIDE Details OE -Mailech PCB on ICC, Meeting of Closed Doors and Referee DecreeMeanwhile, the PCB also released a muted video showing Pycroft, who talks to Captain Pakistan Salman Ali Agha and coach Mike Hesson.Pycroft came out for throwing with both captains, exercised his duty, and immediately left the playground – he did not offer any handshakes. Pakistan refused aside of the UAE of 41 runs to attack Super Four, and on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, Blockbuster set up a match against the Arch-Soup India.But the soap opera was not over.
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“Let’s have questions about the match,” he started a press conference after Gilani Pakistan’s media manager Nae Gilani.Yet on the day the drama outside the field overshadowed cricket, the captain of Sae Muhammad Wase and Pakistani Padicer Haris Rauf were pushed by difficult questions.They both played it cool without giving out much.Pakistani Rapid Haris Rauf’s fast pitch said that the team is not under any pressure and attributed the PCB for managing the situation well.“You see, I didn’t feel any pressure. Because these things aren’t under my control. It’s a decision of advice, it’s a headache for them, and they can do it well,” Haris told reporters.“I had to play a match today. I focused on the match only.Captain Sae Muhammad Wasem said his team focused only on cricket and the delay did not matter.“First, it is not our responsibility or our work, we focus on our game. We came here. We came up with a plan for our game and planned it.“It doesn’t matter if we play in time or play late. We came here just for the game and we played the game. It doesn’t matter if we play at 6:30 or 7:30, it’s not our work – that’s just for the organizers.”Asked if the Handshake-Bran was affected by the friendship in the UAE team, given that many players came from India and Pakistan, Waseem categorically denied it.“No, no, we’re not talking about it, because we play too much cricket with each other. We’re very used to it, we’re here as a family. No Indian, no Pakistani for us. We play here as a family, we live as a family, that’s it.”If you want to borrow lines from nothing else, the day can be summed up simply: unwavering delays were driven by hearts to play cricket – because in the end nothing else cares about anything else.
