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[REPORT] ICC referee Andy Pycroft apologises to Pakistan team over handshake row [Update@ Post 310]

JaDed said:
SKY was in the wrong, and just because I'm not loud doesn't mean I'm the minority, not everything is decided by UP, MAHA and Bengal, yes you guys have lot of Lok Sabha seats.
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You mean to say outside up maha and Bengal indians have no issue with Pakistan?
 
Maybe sky was forced to behave this way by someone in politics its possibility in India media can brand you a traitor then you have no were to hide.
 
zahid01 said:
Maybe sky was forced to behave this way by someone in politics its possibility in India media can brand you a traitor then you have no were to hide.
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This is quite possible.

I think this was what really took place. Indian players seem afraid to go against the flow.
 
Some Pakistan fans are arguing we should focus more on our defeat than the non-handshake.

Not sure why two thoughts can't be held in the same head. Yes Pakistan team is awful and major structural reforms are needed. However Indian team's lack of basic human courtesy and hypocritical stance shouldn't be ignored either.

Have the balls to do a proper boycott instead of this half hearted topi drama where you play Pakistan but don't want to shake hands.

Also yes, PCB have handled it pathetically by making Wahla a scapegoat to save face. However expecting tactful and sensitive management of volatile issues from PCB is like asking a bald man to grow hair.
 
Markhor said:
Some Pakistan fans are arguing we should focus more on our defeat than the non-handshake.

Not sure why two thoughts can't be held in the same head. Yes Pakistan team is awful and major structural reforms are needed. However Indian team's lack of basic human courtesy and hypocritical stance shouldn't be ignored either.

Have the balls to do a proper boycott instead of this half hearted topi drama where you play Pakistan but don't want to shake hands.

Also yes, PCB have handled it pathetically by making Wahla a scapegoat to save face. However expecting tactful and sensitive management of volatile issues from PCB is like asking a bald man to grow hair.
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India will act the way india wants to act not the way pakistanis want
 
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not yet made a final decision regarding the Asia Cup, according to PCB spokesperson Aamir Mir.

Consultations are underway and a final decision will be made by tomorrow. The decision will be made in the best interest of Pakistan.
 
Markhor said:
Yes and Pakistanis have every right to call out your double standards and brazen hypocrisy.

We've heard this line a million times, come with up with new material for once.
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Keep making noise so that those who didn’t know will also know how Pakistan was humiliated.
What double standards what hypocrisy
 
Cricket Warrior said:
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not yet made a final decision regarding the Asia Cup, according to PCB spokesperson Aamir Mir.

Consultations are underway and a final decision will be made by tomorrow. The decision will be made in the best interest of Pakistan.
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The issue is that self-serving political hatchet man Mohsin Naqvi has spent PCB funds like a drunkard in a bar since becoming chairman.

Now PCB is desperately dependent on external inflows from ICC, ACC etc, and cannot afford to take a resolute stance and withdraw from this tournament which has become a political circus.
 
Markhor said:
Some Pakistan fans are arguing we should focus more on our defeat than the non-handshake.

Not sure why two thoughts can't be held in the same head. Yes Pakistan team is awful and major structural reforms are needed. However Indian team's lack of basic human courtesy and hypocritical stance shouldn't be ignored either.

Have the balls to do a proper boycott instead of this half hearted topi drama where you play Pakistan but don't want to shake hands.

Also yes, PCB have handled it pathetically by making Wahla a scapegoat to save face. However expecting tactful and sensitive management of volatile issues from PCB is like asking a bald man to grow hair.
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I just want to ask a question..is there any rule which states handshake is mandatory between a team..if Israel and Palestine had to face each other in a sport at this juncture, do you expect them to share a handshake..

w.r.t boycott, again I say any team that needs to boycott is Pakistan as the official host of the Asia cup 2025 is India and there is no concept of boycott..It's the spineless Pakistan, despite getting getting destroyed by our army in their home land multiple times, despite their stadium getting damaged, despite their civilians aka terrorists getting killed, despite their military bases getting destroyed, despite getting humiliated are not willing to boycott the tournament..why?..sportsmanship?..ghanta..it's for the money your PCB cum ACB President needed to pay the board and it's players .also needed to fix the damaged stadium..

Sportsman ship is to play the sport,which we did and doesn't mean indian team has to forget all scars caused by your terrorists in pahalgam and derogatory remarks made by your people including cricketers and shake comradarie..

If you people really have some shame, target your team for not boycotting the tournament yet even after so many humiliations..don't do the sportsmanship drama .
 
cricketjoshila said:
India will act the way india wants to act not the way pakistanis want
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India will behave the way it wants to, not the way Pakistanis expect it to.
Lol—India can act however it pleases, but that doesn’t automatically make its actions logical or justified. This is hypocrisy at its finest. You play a match against Pakistan, yet refuse to shake hands with your opponents—what kind of nonsense is that? If Pakistan is truly your enemy, then why play the match at all? You’re clearly in it for the entertainment and the money, but then you ignore basic sportsmanship before and after the game. Claiming to care about innocent lives? Please. You don’t go out and entertain the world, then pretend to mourn the lives lost.

And to those Indians who constantly mock Pakistan in every post—you’re just as hypocritical. You spend hours chatting with Pakistanis online, enjoying their company, and then turn around and insult them. Make up your mind and get the hell out of here if you have some dignity left. Honestly, enough with this fake online fair play.
 
Pakistan's Letter To ICC On Asia Cup 2025 Handshake Row Revealed:

Pakistan media outlet Dawn revealed the contents of the letter sent to ICC by the Pakistan cricket governing body and said that it refereed to the incident as "the highest level of offence".

"It is alarming to note that an ICC-appointed and supposedly neutral match referee opted to indulge in conduct, which clearly violates the Spirit of Cricket and MCC Laws."

"The match referee failed to discharge his responsibility: to ensure that respect was extended and maintained amongst the captains as well as between the two competing sides; and to create a positive atmosphere by his conduct and encourage the captains and participating teams to do likewise."

"In fact, the match referee's instructions to the two team captains were entirely directed towards achieving the opposite result. This misconduct violates Article 2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Match Officials, which specifically makes it an offence for the Match Referee to conduct himself in a manner, which is contrary to the spirit of game and violates the MCC Laws."

"Given the gravity, political nature/background, and far-reaching consequences and repercussions, the misconduct has also caused disrepute to the game."

The PCB letter added that "we believe the highest level of offence has been committed".

 
cricketjoshila said:
Keep making noise so that those who didn’t know will also know how Pakistan was humiliated.
What double standards what hypocrisy
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How many times does it need repeating ? Hypocrisy 101 is arguing you don't respect Pakistan enough to shake their hands, but you are happy to share a cricket field with them again and again and again.

Why doesn't BCCI have the balls to do a full boycott ? I as a Pakistani would actually respect that stance. Asia Cup is not some ICC event that's sacrosanct.

I'm amazed even Indians believe this half hearted topi drama of "we will play but not shake hands" is meant to somehow represent a meaningful gesture to the victims of the Pahalgam attack.

The reality is this non-handshake has nothing to do with Pahalgam but all about BCCI getting cucked by Indian Govt and its right-wing BJP base who went mad after the clip of Yadav shaking Naqvi's hand.
 
Just pull out man ... end of.

And, India, if you feel so strongly then don't play ... then again, you need Pakistan (even in its most dire and pathetic state) to make your money.

You're definitely not playing Pakistan for the love of it, that is quite obvious.

Dramaybaaz!
 
Aami said:
Just pull out man ... end of.

And, India, if you feel so strongly then don't play ... then again, you need Pakistan (even in its most dire and pathetic state) to make your money.

You're definitely not playing Pakistan for the love of it, that is quite obvious.

Dramaybaaz!
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I have no disagreement here. Shouldn’t have played cricket at this time. BCCI is greedy.
 
PCB better pull out this time. Don't cry wolf multiple times. PCB made some demands and it has not been met, now do what you said you would. Asking to remove Andy Pycroft was stupid as it is a classic case of shooting the messenger. The best thing for Pakistan would have been to criticise India & BCCI and continue in the tournament and may be win it beating India but they decided to threaten a pull out. Now for their stance to actually mean something they need to pull out. They made some bold statements before CT 2025 as well but eventually backed down to allow hybrid setup. This has become a norm for PCB and it is getting old now.

Pakistan boycotting the tournament is not going to help their board or their players in the slightest. They are not only going to lose the chance of winning the tournament but are also going to lose 3-4 games of practice for the players. Having said all that once they threaten a boycott if their demands are not met, they should boycott to save face.
 
According to reports, Pakistan will continue participating in the ongoing Asia Cup and will play its match against the UAE tomorrow. The match referee Andy Pycroft will no longer be a part of Pakistan’s matches as ICC has accepted the demand of Pakistan.
 
giri26 said:
PCB better pull out this time. Don't cry wolf multiple times. PCB made some demands and it has not been met, now do what you said you would. Asking to remove Andy Pycroft was stupid as it is a classic case of shooting the messenger. The best thing for Pakistan would have been to criticise India & BCCI and continue in the tournament and may be win it beating India but they decided to threaten a pull out. Now for their stance to actually mean something they need to pull out. They made some bold statements before CT 2025 as well but eventually backed down to allow hybrid setup. This has become a norm for PCB and it is getting old now.

Pakistan boycotting the tournament is not going to help their board or their players in the slightest. They are not only going to lose the chance of winning the tournament but are also going to lose 3-4 games of practice for the players. Having said all that once they threaten a boycott if their demands are not met, they should boycott to save face.
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The demands have been met
 
Rana said:
The demands have been met
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It is bad then as the demand from the start was ridiculous and now that it has been met is even ridiculous. Good for Pakistan though as I don't think the new referee is going to force India to shake hands. Not sure what Pakistan's problem was? Is it that Andy Pycroft told them what Indian players wanted or that Indian players did not shake hands before and after the game? On both counts he wasn't who PCB were angry about. They could not get India thrown out, so did the next best thing. Anyways good for them, now they can continue to play in the tournament and possibly concentrate on cricket now.
 
giri26 said:
It is bad then as the demand from the start was ridiculous and now that it has been met is even ridiculous. Good for Pakistan though as I don't think the new referee is going to force India to shake hands. Not sure what Pakistan's problem was? Is it that Andy Pycroft told them what Indian players wanted or that Indian players did not shake hands before and after the game? On both counts he wasn't who PCB were angry about. They could not get India thrown out, so did the next best thing. Anyways good for them, now they can continue to play in the tournament and possibly concentrate on cricket now.
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I think there were more issues than just conveying the message of shaking hands. The PCB wouldn’t go as far as threatening to boycott a tournament because of a match referee conveying a message.
 
Rana said:
I think there were more issues than just conveying the message of shaking hands. The PCB wouldn’t go as far as threatening to boycott a tournament because of a match referee conveying a message.
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I think it is just relaying the message as Pakistan understandably are hurt with India's stance and probably were angry that Pycroft did not step in. This is professional sport and I don't think anyone can force anyone to do something which is not against the laws of the game. If ICC had a law stating players have to shake hands after toss and after the end of the game, then Pycroft could be faulted. Just letting India to do what they wanted to does not mean he favours one team.
 
Markhor said:
How many times does it need repeating ? Hypocrisy 101 is arguing you don't respect Pakistan enough to shake their hands, but you are happy to share a cricket field with them again and again and again.

Why doesn't BCCI have the balls to do a full boycott ? I as a Pakistani would actually respect that stance. Asia Cup is not some ICC event that's sacrosanct.

I'm amazed even Indians believe this half hearted topi drama of "we will play but not shake hands" is meant to somehow represent a meaningful gesture to the victims of the Pahalgam attack.

The reality is this non-handshake has nothing to do with Pahalgam but all about BCCI getting cucked by Indian Govt and its right-wing BJP base who went mad after the clip of Yadav shaking Naqvi's hand.
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I have clearly responded multiple times in my posts all your questions..please check them .recently in Wimbledon also Ukraine players didn't shake hand Belarus who conducted joint operation with Russia but still shared the field..many countries played sports against each other during the conflict times in the past..to shake hands or not shake is totally upto the team and players and no one have the right to dictate or moral police..

W.r.t, boycott we are the host and there is no concept of boycott..it's like one of my enemy who comes to a party hosted by me, and I have to leave my own party since he had come to the party..does anyone do that? However we can avoid sharing pleasantries..if anyone of our family shared pleasantries by mistake, we advise them not to do so.. same thing has happened with Suriya..

If you think it's only BJP and right wing, i think you don't follow news properly..it's the opposition congress and other parties which are more critical about this..so rather question your team why didn't they boycott even after so many humiliations than questioning us..
 
No need for japheees anyway.. This should be the norm now, and it will be.. India started it, and Pakistan should just move on and go with the flow.. No handshakes, no japhees.. Nothing.. Play the game and come back.. simple
 
Andy Pycroft removed from all Pakistan matches in Asia Cup after middle ground reached with ICC: PCB insider​


In a significant development ahead of Pakistan’s must-win Asia Cup group stage clash against the UAE, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) insider confirmed to Indian news agencies (PTI and ANI) that match referee Andy Pycroft will be replaced by Richie Richardson for the fixture, following a compromise reached with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The decision comes in the wake of a tense standoff between the PCB and the ICC after Sunday’s high-profile match against India. In the aftermath of the game, emotions ran high when Indian players declined to shake hands with their Pakistani counterparts, choosing instead to pay silent tribute to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.

The PCB, taking exception to certain decisions and conduct in the match, formally demanded Pycroft’s removal from officiating any further Pakistan fixtures in the tournament. Citing violations of ICC rules and regulations, the board lodged a protest which the global governing body initially rejected. The response was notably signed by ICC general manager Waseem Khan, who once served as PCB’s CEO, further complicating the situation behind the scenes.

After a day of speculation and closed-door negotiations, sources within the PCB revealed that a "middle-of-the-road" solution was finally reached. As part of the agreement, Richie Richardson will now officiate Pakistan’s upcoming game against the UAE, giving PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi a much-needed face-saver. Naqvi, who also serves as Pakistan’s interior minister, was reportedly in a meeting with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif earlier in the day, though officials maintained the discussion was unrelated to cricket.

Had Pakistan decided to withdraw from the tournament, the move could have cost the board an estimated USD 16 million in revenue — a sum it can ill afford to lose, especially when compared to financially stronger boards like the BCCI.

The day’s uncertainty also impacted team proceedings. A pre-match press conference, scheduled ahead of Pakistan’s training session, was cancelled just 90 minutes before the players were due to arrive at the ground. While rumors of a possible boycott still swirled, the squad eventually turned up for training, albeit with a noticeably relaxed attitude.

In contrast, the Indian team, buoyed by their emphatic win over Pakistan on Sunday, completed an intense three-hour training session under the guidance of strength and conditioning coach Adrian Le Roux. Players like Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma were seen doing Bronco runs — a testament to the rigorous fitness standards being maintained.

Pakistan’s session, however, raised eyebrows. Instead of high-intensity drills, players were spotted engaging in a dated football passing routine — a warm-up exercise that hasn’t been in regular use in elite cricket circles for over a decade. While the mood appeared lighthearted on the surface, sources close to the team suggested that the laughter masked underlying tension stemming from both on-field setbacks and off-field controversies.

Throughout the session, no Pakistani player ventured near the Indian nets, where head coach Mike Hesson oversaw another round of focused drills. The separation between the two teams seemed symbolic of the current political and cricketing climate.

Meanwhile, in a lighter moment, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav obliged the media by cutting a birthday cake, albeit belatedly. The celebration was held at the request of Indian journalists, acknowledging his 35th birthday which coincided with India’s victory over Pakistan on September 14.​

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chakdeindian said:
I have clearly responded multiple times in my posts all your questions..please check them .recently in Wimbledon also Ukraine players didn't shake hand Belarus who conducted joint operation with Russia but still shared the field..many countries played sports against each other during the conflict times in the past..to shake hands or not shake is totally upto the team and players and no one have the right to dictate or moral police..

W.r.t, boycott we are the host and there is no concept of boycott..it's like one of my enemy who comes to a party hosted by me, and I have to leave my own party since he had come to the party..does anyone do that? However we can avoid sharing pleasantries..if anyone of our family shared pleasantries by mistake, we advise them not to do so.. same thing has happened with Suriya..

If you think it's only BJP and right wing, i think you don't follow news properly..it's the opposition congress and other parties which are more critical about this..so rather question your team why didn't they boycott even after so many humiliations than questioning us..
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Yet they chose to shake hands with Pakistan politician Mohsin Naqvi. Not shaking hand with players on camera was only to fool their public.
 
Rana said:
According to reports, Pakistan will continue participating in the ongoing Asia Cup and will play its match against the UAE tomorrow. The match referee Andy Pycroft will no longer be a part of Pakistan’s matches as ICC has accepted the demand of Pakistan.
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Pakistan Demand was to remove match referee from Asia cup. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Now Pakistan gets face saving by removing from Pakistan match Only.

:klopp :kp
 
PakPremi said:
Yet they chose to shake hands with Pakistan politician Mohsin Naqvi. Not shaking hand with players on camera was only to fool their public.
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Seems you have not read my post completely
chakdeindian said:
anyone of our family shared pleasantries by mistake, we advise them not to do so.. same thing has happened with Suriya..
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Yes it was done in the moment of thing..it's happened..only thing they can do is do not repeat it..that's it.. nothing to argue here
 
IAJ said:
India will behave the way it wants to, not the way Pakistanis expect it to.
Lol—India can act however it pleases, but that doesn’t automatically make its actions logical or justified. This is hypocrisy at its finest. You play a match against Pakistan, yet refuse to shake hands with your opponents—what kind of nonsense is that? If Pakistan is truly your enemy, then why play the match at all? You’re clearly in it for the entertainment and the money, but then you ignore basic sportsmanship before and after the game. Claiming to care about innocent lives? Please. You don’t go out and entertain the world, then pretend to mourn the lives lost.

And to those Indians who constantly mock Pakistan in every post—you’re just as hypocritical. You spend hours chatting with Pakistanis online, enjoying their company, and then turn around and insult them. Make up your mind and get the hell out of here if you have some dignity left. Honestly, enough with this fake online fair play.
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Who decides whats logical? Pakistanis?

India doesn’t want to show courtesy to pakistan. Money what money money goes to acc not BCCI bcci makes billions from ipl alone
 
cricketjoshila said:
Who decides whats logical? Pakistanis?

India doesn’t want to show courtesy to pakistan. Money what money money goes to acc not BCCI bcci makes billions from ipl alone
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Logic should be universal—not defined by nationality. If actions are inconsistent or contradictory, they can be called out and if something doesn’t make sense, people will point it out, no matter where they’re from. You are on a pakistnai forum, of course pakistanis will type here, is that difficult to comprehend? Why don't you leave this forum? Does your ghairat go on vacation when it suits it? Really people like you can't be taken seriously, I don't want to get personal, but the hypocricy shines through the screen here. I am a Pakistani, your enemy, why are you quoting me? And that too without being mandatory or alike. Why?

And about the money—yes, the official match money might go to the ACC, not BCCI. But let’s be honest, there’s still a lot of money involved. Players get paid, sponsors earn, and betting companies make huge profits and then you have the TV rights also I believe. So it’s not just about cricket—it’s also about business.

Now, if you choose to play the full match, enjoy the spotlight, and entertain millions, then refusing a handshake at the end looks childish. If you really want to protest, don’t play at all. But if you do play, then show respect. That’s what sportsmanship means.
 
Congratulations to the nation of Pakistan for taking down Pycroft and somehow teaching Bharat a lesson.

Well done. :salute
 
Cricket Warrior said:
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not yet made a final decision regarding the Asia Cup, according to PCB spokesperson Aamir Mir.

Consultations are underway and a final decision will be made by tomorrow. The decision will be made in the best interest of Pakistan.
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The emotional decision would be to withdraw. Best decision would be to beat them at their own game
 
Umar Gul speaking during a TV Show:

“The match referee holds command over these matters and any decisions that need to be made. As we’ve seen earlier on TV, it looked like the players were completely aligned in their actions. But from the interviews and tweets circulating on social media, it seems they were given a message — likely from their government. Because if you look at Suryakumar Yadav’s press conference, it appears the players acted on behalf of the government.”

“The match referee is responsible for overseeing everything neutrally. The Code of Conduct applies to all players, including the match referee, and if someone disrupts the spirit of the game, they can be penalized. If you're involved in such a situation, you could face consequences — including fines or match bans.”

“Also, if you were informed beforehand, then the responsibility lies with the match officials, and I thinkthe match referee is involved here, and he is responsible for this.”
 
AS PER REPORTS:

Pakistan has decided to play its final Asia Cup group match against UAE after withdrawing its boycott threat over the Handshakegate controversy. A compromise was reached where match referee Andy Pycroft will be replaced by Richie Richardson for Pakistan’s games. The PCB had demanded Pycroft’s removal after India refused post-match handshakes, citing the Pahalgam terror attack. ICC initially rejected the request, but later allowed Richardson to officiate.
 
BouncerGuy said:
AS PER REPORTS:

Pakistan has decided to play its final Asia Cup group match against UAE after withdrawing its boycott threat over the Handshakegate controversy. A compromise was reached where match referee Andy Pycroft will be replaced by Richie Richardson for Pakistan’s games. The PCB had demanded Pycroft’s removal after India refused post-match handshakes, citing the Pahalgam terror attack. ICC initially rejected the request, but later allowed Richardson to officiate.
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But as per Pakistan posters like @Wasim Ghulam @DeadlyVenom etc , Pakistan hasn't said anything about boycott the match against UAE.

:klopp :kp
 
BouncerGuy said:
AS PER REPORTS:

Pakistan has decided to play its final Asia Cup group match against UAE after withdrawing its boycott threat over the Handshakegate controversy. A compromise was reached where match referee Andy Pycroft will be replaced by Richie Richardson for Pakistan’s games. The PCB had demanded Pycroft’s removal after India refused post-match handshakes, citing the Pahalgam terror attack. ICC initially rejected the request, but later allowed Richardson to officiate.
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Honestly if we somehow end up getting knocked out tonight, it will be a huge embarrassment.

Just respond to them on the field, all this dramaybaazi is not needed.
 
We handled this really badly. It looks like Pakistan is taking out its issues on a 3rd innocent party. It also makes Pakistan look weak for complaining so much.

What should have been done is pakistan should put out a statement or the captain in the press conference should have said something along the lines of regardless of whether there are handshakes or not we will continue to do our job, play cricket and aim to always act with sportsmanship. Maybe something about we players are not involved in politics and will continue to leave this outside of cricket.

Had they done this, I think a lot of the world would have looked at India and been critical. It would have shown India in a bad light. The vast majority of opinion outside India is that politics and sports don’t match. I’m sure even a lot of Indians might feel the same too. Even in the Ukraine Russia incident in the tennis, there was criticism that the Ukrainians should have still shook hands. And those countries are at literal war and an actual invasion, much worse than what Pakistan and India have between them.

It’s not good sportsmanship to not engage in handshakes. However It also feels unsportsmanlike to complain about not getting handshakes, and worse still threatening boycott and removal of umpires. We have lost any moral higher ground we had when it comes to this incident now.

Had a golden opportunity to really show India up in their conduct here. I don’t even blame the Indian players I’m sure it was government higher up telling them through bcci to do this.

India government’s issues with Pakistan government might be completely warranted. But the sports pitch isn’t the place to resolve these issues. This sort of conduct with no handshakes, threatening to boycott etc. does absolutely nothing to resolve issues between the two governments. In fact all it does it makes things worse.
 
I think with likes of Virat & Rohit gone, the dosti yaari era is also gone with Pakistani players. Remember we had terrorism and battles with Pakistan previously as well but in the last decade and a half, players among both sides used to get on very well with each other. Let it be Kohli & Yuvi giggling with Pak players after CT Finals, Dahani running behind Dhoni for a picture, Shaheen giving a box of gift to Bumrah for his newly born etc etc. That PG era is over.


Now under Gautam Gambhir, he would want his players to play with the same intensity as he did with Pakistan back in the days. It looks like attitude era returns :akhtar

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BouncerGuy said:
AS PER REPORTS:

Pakistan has decided to play its final Asia Cup group match against UAE after withdrawing its boycott threat over the Handshakegate controversy. A compromise was reached where match referee Andy Pycroft will be replaced by Richie Richardson for Pakistan’s games. The PCB had demanded Pycroft’s removal after India refused post-match handshakes, citing the Pahalgam terror attack. ICC initially rejected the request, but later allowed Richardson to officiate.
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PCB need something like this to show everyone that their concern was listened to. So childish this. Creating unnecessary drama when the focus should be on the cricket..
 
Pakistan stay on but Pycroft issue lingers as PCB sends second letter to ICC

Pakistan may have withdrawn the threat to pull out of the Asia Cup, but their objection to match referee Andy Pycroft still stands, and the PCB has shot off another letter to the ICC demanding that the Zimbabwean be swapped with Richie Richardson for the team’s remaining games.

It has been reliably learnt that late on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) evening, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sent another mail to the ICC reiterating the demand to remove Pycroft from all its games, but as of now, it hasn’t been obliged by the world body.

Pakistan stand to lose close to $16 million if they act on the threat, and it would also be very poor optics for the country’s cricket board which is headed by the current chair of the Asian Cricket Council, Mohsin Naqvi.

Source: The Hindu
 
There is still no official statement from PCB or ACC that the match is going ahead. If ICC had problem with Usman Khawaja trainers then certainly they should have a problem with Indian captain's political statement that too in a match press conference. India should not be granted the chairmanship of ICC if they would allow their country to break the ICC code of conducts.
 
PakPremi said:
There is still no official statement from PCB or ACC that the match is going ahead. If ICC had problem with Usman Khawaja trainers then certainly they should have a problem with Indian captain's political statement that too in a match press conference. India should not be granted the chairmanship of ICC if they would allow their country to break the ICC code of conducts.
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That's not how the world works.

I was watching the Asia Cup match and saw all of the sponsors were India.

The tri series had Pakistani sponsors and they didn't even have DRS.

There is a reason the IPL gets an informal window which other leagues don't.
 
As per cricinfo, Multiple sources have told ESPNcricinfo that Andy Pycroft remains match referee for the game - as we had reported earlier in the day.

What exactly pcb achieved?

I guess icc may have threatened pcb with financial implications and pcb have agreed grudgingly.
 
Idiotic PCB move, will appointing Richie Richardson as match referee will make the Indian players shake hands with and respect Pakistani players? What is the point of this drama? To fool the gullible domestic audience that we are taking a strong stance
 
The ICC’s match referee, Andy Pycroft, has apologized to the manager and captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Andy Pycroft had barred the captains of India and Pakistan from shaking hands during their match.

The Pakistan Cricket Board had strongly reacted to Andy Pycroft’s actions.

Andy Pycroft termed the September 14 incident a result of miscommunication and apologized.

The ICC has expressed its willingness to conduct an inquiry into the code of conduct violation that occurred during the September 14 match.
 
ICC hung out the umpire as they couldn't beat Pakistan to miss the match.

Cricket is a joke. Indians ruined it and now our board are doing these dramay too, and the ICC stands up for nothing. Feel sorry for Andy, he was misled by Indians.
 
Ball Blazer said:
The ICC’s match referee, Andy Pycroft, has apologized to the manager and captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Andy Pycroft had barred the captains of India and Pakistan from shaking hands during their match.

The Pakistan Cricket Board had strongly reacted to Andy Pycroft’s actions.

Andy Pycroft termed the September 14 incident a result of miscommunication and apologized.

The ICC has expressed its willingness to conduct an inquiry into the code of conduct violation that occurred during the September 14 match.
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Briliaint, now fine the Pakistan team for slower raters after losing to UAE. :inti
 
Ball Blazer said:
The ICC’s match referee, Andy Pycroft, has apologized to the manager and captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Andy Pycroft had barred the captains of India and Pakistan from shaking hands during their match.

The Pakistan Cricket Board had strongly reacted to Andy Pycroft’s actions.

Andy Pycroft termed the September 14 incident a result of miscommunication and apologized.

The ICC has expressed its willingness to conduct an inquiry into the code of conduct violation that occurred during the September 14 match.
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Throwing this poor guy Andy Pycroft under the bus just goes to show how spineless the ICC is as an organization. Feel bad for him. He must be wondering what he did to be named match referee for that match. First the Pakistanis got on him then his employer threw him under the bus. He has basically been used as a pawn in a petty squabble between India and Pakistan.
 
Good on PCB to show spine against the disgusting noveau rich. Got an apology and also got their man thrown out of the stadium. Alongwith a conduct violation investigation as well. Far cry from PCB of Raja, Zaka and Najam Sethi which always had a egg on their face.

I think that serves enough deterrence for any clown trying to go beyond their domain.

Pycroff wont be allowed to Pakistan ever as well. Good riddance. Bloody clown, indian agent.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
ICC hung out the umpire as they couldn't beat Pakistan to miss the match.

Cricket is a joke. Indians ruined it and now our board are doing these dramay too, and the ICC stands up for nothing. Feel sorry for Andy, he was misled by Indians.
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ICC is pretty much dead and what we are witnessing is the slow but upcoming death of cricket. As the meme goes, Indians ruin everything.
 
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