The ICC has approved the match referee Andy Picroft of all the allegations claimed by the Pakistan Cricket Board against him and issued a clear statement instead that the officer helped prevent embarrassment for the skippers when he asked him to avoid handshake during coin toss time.
After misconduct in India vs Pakistan match, PCB transferred the ICC with an official complaint lodged against the match referee Andy Picroft, for violating the ICC preamble for the spirit of the game.
India, however, already, had no such complaint against the match referee and dropped it out of the allegations of being selected. He also claimed that he had informed the Indian captain about the snubbing of the handshek, but his prejudice caused insult to Pakistani players and management.
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ICC has officially approved Andy Picroft on any charge
The ICC has now clearly informed the Pakistan Cricket Board that it cannot remove the match referee Andy Picroft from the Asia Cup referee panel. It is discovered that during its communication with PCB, the ICC has emphasized that according to the cricbz, there was no wrongdoing from the match referee.
The ICC has not blamed the PCB for anything and believed that the PCB cricket governing was well within its rights to register an official complaint for the governing body. The ICC has also operated its share of the investigation and has not found any wrongdoing by the match referee.
The ICC has also clearly stated that the appointment of match officers is a centralized ICC decision and it may not be affected by the views of any member board.
ICC insisted that Pycroft helped to stop an embarrassment instead
The Communion of the International Board said that the investigation was not only conducted in favor of Picroft because they had done nothing wrong, but also because they had helped both teams, especially Pakistan, protected their honor at the time of the toss.
It was already pre-scrapped within the Indian camp that they would play only the game and avoid any such customary handshake or sportsmanship acts with Pakistan team members. However, it was unknown to Pakistani players.
Pycroft helped Salman Aga to prevent embarrassment when he asked the captain to avoid shaking hands during the toss. The two captains did not see each other and went back directly to their dugout after the toss ended.
Pakistan delays the start of the match against UAE
Pakistan has once again made fun of itself, as they were not firm on their resolve to boycott the Asia Cup encounter against the UAE in their final group-step game. There is a do-y-dai for them to keep their opportunities alive in the sports competition.
The PCB directed the first players not to leave the team hotel and informed the management that they would not play the match, as the ICC had not accepted its demands about the snubbing of the match referee.
However, later, through social media handle, Mohsin Naqvi told Pakistan about his continuity in the Asia Cup. He requested to delay the game to reach this conclusion within his members.
So far, the Pakistan team is in the middle of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and has also lost its opener, Sam Ayub. They are struggling quickly in power play at the score of 9/1 at the time of writing.
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