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The Asia Cup 2025 has been arsenic melodramatic disconnected the tract arsenic it has been connected it, with the 'No Handshake Controversy' taking halfway stage. What started with India refusing to shingle hands with Pakistan successful Dubai has spiraled into a standoff involving the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC), and lucifer referee Andy Pycroft.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The concern reached a flashpoint connected September 17, erstwhile Pakistan delayed their radical lucifer against the UAE by an hr aft demanding Pycroft’s removal. The ICC has present accused the PCB of superior breaches of protocol, including a usurpation of the Players and Match Officials Area (PMOA) code. According to sources, Pakistan’s manager carried a mobile telephone into the PMOA — strictly prohibited nether the Anti-Corruption Unit’s rules — and adjacent recorded a backstage treatment with Pycroft, skipper Salman Ali Agha, and manager Mike Hesson.
The footage, aboriginal shared connected PCB’s societal media without audio, was presented arsenic grounds that Pycroft had “apologised” to Pakistan implicit the earlier handshake snub.In response, ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta sent a powerfully worded email to PCB, pointing retired the breach and informing of imaginable sanctions. The contention has present escalated beyond sporting etiquette into matters of governance and compliance.
Timeline of the Handshake Controversy and its aftermath
September 14: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav and his players garbage to shingle hands with Pakistan aft a seven-wicket triumph successful Dubai.
Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha skipped the post-match presumption successful protest. Coach Mike Hesson accused India of unsporting behavior.September 15: Pakistan manager Naveed Cheema lodged a ailment with the ICC against lucifer referee Andy Pycroft, claiming bias and demanding his removal.September 16: ICC rejected PCB’s demand. Pakistan threatened to boycott their adjacent crippled against the UAE if Pycroft officiates.
PCB cancelled their scheduled property league but sent a 2nd missive repeating the demand.September 17: Pakistan delayed its departure from the hotel, pushing backmost the UAE lucifer by 1 hour.September 17: PCB released a muted video of a speech with Pycroft, claiming it showed the referee apologising. Later, PCB seat Mohsin Naqvi, on with erstwhile chiefs Ramiz Raja and Najam Sethi, addressed the media, further attacking Pycroft.
Raja calls him “India’s fixer.”September 17: Pakistan defeated UAE to suffice for the Super Four, but the PMOA usurpation came to light.September 18: ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta emailed PCB, flagging the prohibited usage of mobile phones and filming successful the PMOA. PCB is yet to respond.
