The Pakistan Cricket Board, after writing to Apex International Body twice, the ICC has finally released a formal reaction to Handshek Ro, urging the ongoing Asia Cup to remove the match referee Andy Pikeroft.
Pakistan faced immense insults in the Asia Cup on Sunday, as the Indian players left for the dressing room soon after chasing a silent protest against terrorist attacks in the initiative Valley. However, the PCB took it as a derogatory conduct and immediately started the allegations against the match referee.
The ICC has denied all PCB claims; Andy Pycroft praised the captains for saving the Asia Cup from embarrassment
The PCB headed by Mohsin Naqvi accused the match referee of misconduct, as he claimed that Pakistan captain, Salman Aga was not informed about the snub of the handshek, while the Indian captain, Suryakumar Yadav, was.
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According to a report in PTI, the ICC has rejected all such claims and clearly stated that he has found that Picroft has followed all the rules and regulations to ‘T’. The ICC has praised Andy Pycroft for saving both captains from embarrassment during the game toss. The top body also washed the hands of the issue as it pushed to ACC.
According to ICC claims, ACC and tournament officials are responsible for the operation of cases like handshake on the field and said that ICC or match referee has no rules for playing. The irony is that the ACC is also led by PCB chief, Mohsin Naqvi.
ICC 6-Point Reibeutal sent for PCB (as quoted by PTI)
1) The ICC was investigated based on the information provided in the report filed by the PCB. We took the report to the marked price and noticed that no assistant documents or evidence was provided with it. The PCB had every opportunity to present a statement with his team members with a preliminary report, but chose not to do so.
2) After our investigation, we determined that there was no case to respond to the match referee for misconduct. The action of the match of the match with the referee used to follow the clear directions for him with the ACC site manager, how a match referee would deal with such an issue, it was informed that it was no time for him to do something else for him (a few minutes before the toss).
3) Shri Picroft was committed to preserving the purity of the toss and to avoid any possible embarrassment that could arise.
4) There was no mistake in any of the match referee.
5) This is not the role of a match referee to regulate any team or tournament-specific protocol, which has agreed outside the field of sports; This is a case for tournament organizers and relevant team managers.
6) It appears that the real concern or complaint of the PCB relates to the real decision that did not have a handshake. Therefore, the PCB should direct those complaints to the organizer of the tournament and who took the real decision (which was not the match referee). ICC does not have a role ..
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The UAE won the toss and opted to bowl first. His primary goal was to keep the opposition score in check. The bowlers did a commendable job as they limited Pakistan to less than 150.
The initial success of two openers and then Simranjit Singh suddenly broke Pakistan’s batting order. However, Shaheen Afridi’s last time cameo took Pakistan on a respectable score of 146/9.
Pakistan bowlers now have a difficult task, as they have to defend a target of 147 in front of the UAE batting lineup, which can give a big challenge with their abilities in such a minor pursuit.
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