Pakistan’s Cricket Board (PCB) said Wednesday that Zimbabwe’s referee Andy Pycroft apologized to the manager and the captain of the green shirts for a controversy during the recent Pakistan-Indian match.
The uncertainty regarding the participation of the national team in the Asia Cup emerged today after the controversy of the handshake that took place in his party against the Indian Archirival.
The Zimbabwe supervised the politically loaded clash of India Sunday, after which the victorious team of India refused to shake the hand of Pakistan’s players. The PCB said that Pycroft told the captain of Pakistan Salman Ali Agha that it does not premiere with the Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav before the game. Pycroft was scheduled to be the referee of the game for today’s game, since the reports that came out of India stated that the ICC had rejected Pakistan’s demand.
A statement issued today by the PCB shortly before the launch between Pakistan and the EAU said: “The referee of the CPI party, Andy Pycroft, has apologized to the manager and the captain of the Cricket team of Pakistan.”
He said he described Sunday’s incident “as a result of lack of communication and apologized.” The PCB also added that the ICC expressed its willingness to investigate the violation of the code of conduct that occurred during the party.
Going to a press conference at Lahore shortly after the launch, with former PCB chiefs Najam Sethi and Ramiz Raja, the president of the Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi, reiterated the events of recent days and said that Pycroft had apologized.
“Politics and Crick cannot go together. Let sports remain sports. Crick should be above all this,” he said, added that he had requested consulting their predecessors since any boycott would have been an important decision with the contributions of multiple interested parties.
“These two came especially and we were constantly monitoring this because we did not even know ourselves what decision would be made at the last moment. God maintained the dignity of Pakistan as expected the nation and I hope we now focus on the Cricket and not in politics.”
He said he had hope of the team to act in the tournament and asked people to support them until the end.
“We have a large panel of selectors, which will review and if there is any weakness, I promise that I will sit with them and tell them to eliminate them,” he said.
Sethi also said that politics should not be involved with sports, adding that the PCB had shown sportsmanship. “I think Crick is the winner and we should continue playing the game,” he added.
Meanwhile, Raja described development as a “victory” since he said that the situation had become a “criticism.”
“The emotions were high and I am happy that an emotional decision would not be made that the Crick had damaged,” he said, adding that the Cricket team had to do any “talk” and channel any frustration with its performance in the field.
Pakistan’s Cricket team was previously seen leaving their hotel for its Asia Cup match against the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday after Naqvi asked them to leave.
The Asian Cricket Council confirmed in a statement that the party would continue at 8:30 PM PKT.
In a statement that was late on Tuesday night, after what Sunrise He learned a meeting that involved officials of the Board and the Government in Islamabad, the PCB spokesman, Amir Mir, had said in a statement that the Board had not made any final decision with respect to the Asia Cup.
The PCB correspondence was followed by Pakistan’s decision not to hold his press conference prior to the party before his ‘A’ accessory of the final group against the Eau hosts. However, Pakistan’s team appeared to practice on the eve of the game.
Previously, the media reports said that the Pakistan Cricket team would not play their Asia Men’s Cup match.
Geographical news He informed that the team received official instructions to return to their rooms, with the parking lot of the team outside the entrance to download the players team.
Footage performed by Dawnnewstv The team staff showing the kit’s bags on a bus off the players, added that the bus was heading to the stadium.
This is not the first time that teams have tried to change a party official at the International Cricket. India, in a 2001 test against South Africa, tried that the coincidence referee Mike Denness eliminated, according to a report from Cricinfo.
The Indian and South African Cricket Boards agreed to eliminate the penalty; However, the decision was not made by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
