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If the Pakistan cricket team was removed from the Asia Cup, the team would have to suffer a loss of about 140 crores. Pakistan-UAE match started an hour late in the Asia Cup on Wednesday. The reports claimed that the Pak team would book a boys from the Asia Cup, angry with the handshake controversy.
However, the team later agreed to play and PCB claimed that the referee Andy Pycroft agreed to play Pakistan team again. However, no statement has been issued on this by ICC or Picroft. After this, questions are being raised after PCB forgiveness.
What is controversy? Pakistan faced India on 14 September. Indian players did not join hands with Pakistani players in protest against the Pahalgam attack. PCB described the behavior of Indian players as contrary to sportsmanship and accused Picroft of not working properly. The board had demanded the ICC to exclude the match referee from the tournament. The ICC rejected this demand. After this, Pakistan Team Management canceled its press conference on Tuesday night. This led to further winds for Pakistan’s withdrawal from the tournament.
There is a loss of about 140 crores The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is divided equally in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, which plays 75 percent of the annual earnings of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). That is, every country gets 15 percent revenue. The remaining 25 percent is divided among the associate member countries.
The earnings come from different sources such as broadcast right (TV and digital), sponsors and ticket sales. From this Asia Cup alone, PCB was scheduled to earn around US $ 12 to 16 million (Rs 140 crore). In such a situation, if Pakistan moves away from the tournament, then it can prove to be a big economic shock for it.
Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) has achieved a broadcast right of US $ 170 million with ACC for eight years from 2024 to 2031.
Two types of claims in the media about apology
Match referee Andy Pycroft (most left) while talking to Pakistan team.
It is being claimed in the media report that Andy Pycroft himself took the initiative amidst the handshake controversy. He called a meeting with Pakistan captain Salman Aga, manager Naved Akram Cheema and coach Mike Hessen. The meeting took place in the match referee room. The media report said that Pycroft spoke on the misunderstanding.
On the other hand, PCB claims that this meeting was for apology. But the media report quoted the source as saying that there was no apology. Picroft did nothing wrong. A video of the meeting is going viral on social media, but the audio has been muted, so it is not clear what was said.
What happened before Pak-UAE match Pakistan on Wednesday said an hour before the match with UAE that it would not participate in this match. The Pakistani team did not leave the hotel for the ground.
The team management ordered the players to go back to the hotel and stay in their room. Pakistan laid two conditions and said that if the match referee Andy Picroft apologizes and Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav is penalty only then he will play this match. But the ICC refused to accept both demands.
After this, it was again said by the Pakistan Board that he is ready to play the match and then the match started at 9 pm with a delay of one hour. If Pakistan did not play this match, it would have been out of the Asia Cup tournament. Because it would have given UAE a walkover and qualified for the hosts UAE Super-4 with two points.
On Wednesday, Pakistan team stadium arrived late for the match against UAE, due to which the match started an hour late. Pakistani players leaving for Dubai Stadium from the hotel.
Naqvi’s claim- match happened after referee apologizes On the other hand, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) president Mohsin Naqvi spoke to the media in Lahore on Wednesday. He said, tension continued since the match with India. We had complained about the behavior of the referee pacroft. But this issue has been resolved with the apology of Pycroft. Cricket and politics cannot run together.
Pakistan blamed the referee for not joining hands The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) alleged that the referee had asked the two captains not to join hands after the toss and it was done under pressure from the Indian team.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Monday, ‘PCB has demanded to exclude Picroft immediately. He did not follow the ICC Code of Conduct and Cricket Spirit.
Match referee Andy Pycroft with the captain of both teams at the time of the toss.
It is not necessary to get hands It is not written in any rule book of cricket that it is necessary to handhek after the match. Hand shaking is not a rule, but it is considered part of the game spirit. This is the reason that after almost every match, the players of both teams meet each other and shake hands.
A BCCI official said, ‘Nothing has been written in the rules that you have to join hands with the opposing team. The Indian team is not obliged to join hands with a country that will make the relationship so bad.
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