{"id":98824,"date":"2025-09-15T15:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-seeks-pakistan-india-match-referees-removal-from-asia-cup-over-alleged-violations-of-icc-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:41:50","slug":"pcb-seeks-pakistan-india-match-referees-removal-from-asia-cup-over-alleged-violations-of-icc-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-seeks-pakistan-india-match-referees-removal-from-asia-cup-over-alleged-violations-of-icc-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB seeks Pakistan-India match referee\u2019s removal from Asia Cup over alleged violations of ICC rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the match referee for yesterday\u2019s Asia Cup game between Pakistan and India over his alleged violations of rules pertaining to the \u201cSpirit of Cricket\u201d, PCB Chairperson Mohsin Naqvi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PCB has lodged a complaint with the ICC regarding violations by the Match Referee of the ICC Code of Conduct and the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) Laws pertaining to the Spirit of Cricket,\u201d Naqvi posted on X, referring to referee Andy Pycroft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PCB has demanded an immediate removal of the match referee from the Asia Cup,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to an earlier press release by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pycroft was scheduled to be the match referee for the Pakistan-UAE match on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Asia Cup match between the two sides took place on Sunday in Dubai, where spinners led by Kuldeep Yadav helped India <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1941744\/pak-vs-ind-india-make-short-work-of-uninspiring-pakistan-win-by-7-wickets\">beat Pakistan<\/a> by seven wickets as the neighbours met on the cricket pitch for the first time since a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1910509\">military conflict<\/a> between them in May.<\/p>\n<p>After hitting the winning shot, Suryakumar and his teammates refused to shake hands with their Pakistan counterparts. The captain said in the post-match press conference that the move was in alignment \u201cwith the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and the government\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"DP World Asia Cup 2025, Match 6: India Captain Suryakumar Yadav Post-Match Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJC1zmfa4Po?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the post-match presentation, Suryakumar said India took the match against Pakistan as \u201cjust another game\u201d and dedicated the win to the Indian armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack, and we express our solidarity,\u201d Suryakumar said. \u201cWe want to dedicate today\u2019s win to the armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1905917\/at-least-24-killed-in-occupied-kashmir-gunmen-attack-on-tourists-police-source\">April 22 attack<\/a> on civilians in India-occupied Kashmir\u2019s Pahalgam triggered Pakistan-India hostilities in May. New Delhi, without evidence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1906075\/pahalgam-attack-india-suspends-indus-waters-treaty-with-immediate-effect-closes-attari-border-crossing\">accused<\/a> Pakistan of backing the attack \u2014 a charge Islamabad strongly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1907361\">denies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1941744\/pak-vs-ind-india-make-short-work-of-uninspiring-pakistan-win-by-7-wickets\">PCB confirmed to <em>Dawn.com<\/em><\/a> that Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Cheema had \u201cregistered a protest against the match referees\u2019 behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was against the sportsman spirit that the Indian team did not shake hands,\u201d the PCB statement quoted the manager as saying. It alleged that the \u201cmatch referee had asked the captains not to shake hands at the time of the toss\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha did not show up in the post-match ceremony as a reaction to the Indian team\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s coach Mike Hesson explained that the reason Salman was absent from the ceremony was because of the Indian team\u2019s \u201cdisappointing\u201d conduct at the end of the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a follow-on effect of the fact that we were obviously keen to engage and shake hands at the end of the match, but that obviously didn\u2019t happen,\u201d Hesson said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the developments, PCB chief Naqvi earlier today said on X: \u201cUtterly disappointing to witness the lack of sportsmanship today. Dragging politics into the game goes against the very spirit of sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s hope future victories are celebrated by all teams with grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The match had been coloured from the start by calls from across the border to \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1941924\/calls-for-boycott-in-india-ahead-of-asia-cup-match-with-pakistan\">boycott<\/a>\u2019 the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian cricket board had said it could not boycott an international event and that such a move would \u201cbring a lot of negativity for all our future endeavours of hosting any multinational tournament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi only cleared the match in a recently announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1932484\">sports policy<\/a>, saying the Indian national team can play Pakistan in multi-national events but not in bilateral competitions. Pakistan last played a bilateral series against India in 2012, when the Green Shirts toured India for an ODI and T20I series.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the match referee for yesterday\u2019s Asia Cup game between Pakistan and India over his alleged violations of rules pertaining to the \u201cSpirit of Cricket\u201d, PCB Chairperson Mohsin Naqvi said. \u201cThe PCB has lodged a complaint with the ICC 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