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PCB president Naqvi visits Pakistan grooming session, talks successful magnitude with manager Hesson up of India clash (Image credit: ANI)
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing handshake contention and tensions with ICC lucifer referee Andy Pycroft, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi paid a astonishment sojourn to Pakistan’s grooming league up of their highly anticipated Super Fours clash against India astatine the Asia Cup successful Dubai connected Sunday. He met with the players and held an extended treatment with white-ball caput manager Mike Hesson.Naqvi, who besides chairs the Asian Cricket Council, arrived astatine the ICC Academy connected Saturday evening, spoke concisely with the players, and past engaged successful an aggravated speech with Hesson. Sources said Naqvi appeared animated throughout, emphasising cardinal points with gestures.
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The sojourn comes aft Pakistan cancelled their pre-match property league up of the Super Fours fixture, repeating a determination archetypal seen earlier their must-win crippled against the UAE.
The squad had been scheduled for a 6 p.m. property briefing connected Saturday, but the reasons down the cancellation stay unclear. When asked, Naqvi smiled and simply said, “We’ll speech soon.”The contention centers connected Andy Pycroft, who was astatine the bosom of the handshake quality during India and Pakistan’s group-stage lucifer connected September 14. Pakistan had sought Pycroft’s contiguous removal aft their 7-wicket decision to India, alleging helium had instructed captains Salman Ali Agha and Suryakumar Yadav not to shingle hands astatine the toss.
The ICC did not accede to Pakistan’s demand, and the concern spilled implicit into their crippled against the UAE. Pakistan arrived precocious for that match, delaying the commencement by an hour, and a gathering betwixt the squad absorption and Pycroft earlier the flip sparked further disapproval aft a muted video was shared connected societal media.It is against this tension-filled backdrop that the 2 arch-rivals volition conscionable again astatine the Dubai International Stadium.Pakistan squad for Asia Cup: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.India squad for Asia Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
