Fact check: Are handshakes mandatory in cricket? What does the rulebook say?

Former planetary umpire Anil Chaudhary claims the Pakistan Cricket Board's caller controversies during the Asia Cup, including boycott threats, disputes with ICC lucifer referee Andy Pycroft, and the handshake enactment with India, were attempts to divert attraction pursuing Pakistan's nonaccomplishment to India successful Dubai connected September 19.The contention ignited erstwhile the Indian squad chose not to shingle hands with Pakistan players aft their 7-wicket triumph successful Dubai. Pakistan responded by withdrawing from the post-match presumption with skipper Salman Agha absent.

India's determination was connected to strained relations betwixt the nations pursuing a panic onslaught successful Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, wherever 26 tourists were killed by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists connected April 22.The concern escalated erstwhile PCB filed a ailment against lucifer referee Andy Pycroft, accusing him of violating ICC Code of Conduct and MCC laws regarding cricket's spirit. The ICC rejected Pakistan's request.The PCB past threatened to retreat from their important lucifer against the UAE. The play continued erstwhile Pakistan's squad refused to permission their edifice successful Dubai's Marina country for their must-win crippled against the UAE, demanding Pycroft's removal.

The squad yet arrived astatine the stadium aft receiving absorption clearance, but the crippled was delayed by an hour.Is shaking hands successful ICC's rulebook?ICC's Code of Conduct for Match Officials and Match Official Support Personnel successful this substance reads, "NOTE: Article 2.1.1 is intended to screen each types of behaviour of a insignificant quality that is contrary to the tone of the crippled and which is not specifically and adequately covered by the circumstantial offences acceptable retired elsewhere successful this Code of Conduct.

The tone of the crippled whitethorn beryllium defined by notation to the Preamble to the Laws of Cricket and involves respect for, amongst others, (a) the relation of the umpires and (b) the crippled and its accepted values.

"At nary constituent successful the rulebook, for players oregon officials, does it accidental that shaking hands is mandatory."I deliberation that aft losing the match, it was a portion of turning things around. Otherwise, successful immoderate instrumentality book, successful immoderate ICC's playing conditions, determination is thing successful writing.

I recognize the shingle manus contention you are referring to, the handshake started astir 15-20 years ago. The skipper utilized to shingle hands before. So, I deliberation each that is unnecessarily created, and determination is nary request for it," Chaudhary told quality bureau ANI."I deliberation the radical who complained besides knew that determination was nary constituent successful doing this successful the field. And you can't bash this. I don't cognize who their administrators were, what they did, but by doing this, they volition cognize that thing is going to happen," Chaudhary added.Pakistan had besides cancelled their pre-match property league connected Tuesday, though they held a signifier league earlier the UAE clash."All these are unnecessary things. He is simply a seasoned and aged referee from the ICC elite panel. He is simply a precise well-known subordinate of Zimbabwe, and his way grounds is truthful good," Chaudhary said astir Pycroft.