Doubts over Pakistan’s involvement in their next video game in the 2025 Men’s T20 Asia Cup versus the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the ‘no handshake debate’ deepened on Tuesday with the cancellation of their pre-match interview.
The Pakistan group management chose to cancel their pre-match interview as the ICC declined their demonstration over the Indian gamers preventing shaking hands with members of the Pakistan group and match referee Andy Pycroft’s participation in it, according to a report by Telecom Asia Sport.
The cancellation of the PC has actually likewise cast doubts over Pakistan’s additional involvement in the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan group management cancelled its pre-match press conference, the group did practice at the ICC academy at night without sending out any gamer to resolve the media.
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Sources verified to Telecom Asia Sport that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has actually communicated to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that their need to eliminate Pycroft from the Asia Cup has actually been declined, as they wish to protect the track record of their match referee.
The report declared that PCB had actually composed a letter to the ICC to oppose Pycroft’s actions when he communicated to Pakistan skipper Salman Agha that there would be no handshake at the toss in the India-Pakistan match in Dubai on Sunday.
“The ICC has conveyed that Pycroft will not be removed as match referee,” sources informed www.telecomasia.net. “ICC has its own protocols, and they will not be altered in this issue.”
By The Way, ICC General Manager, Cricket, Waseem Khan, is managing the concern. He is a British person of Pakistani origin and worked as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of PCB in between 2018 and 2021.
The report stated that the leading authorities of the Asian Cricket Council are likewise in contact with PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi. ACC vice president Pankaj Khimji of Oman likewise telephoned Naqvi to persuade him not to boycott the local occasion.
“Naqvi is in a complex position as he is also the president of the ACC, and boycotting the event will be against his status,” the report estimated PCB sources as stating.
Naqvi held crucial conferences with the foreign workplace on Tuesday and was anticipated to fulfill PM Shahbaz Sharif after which he will choose about the future strategy.
