The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected Pakistan’s appeal to remove Andy Pycroft from the ‘match-referee’ chair for the forthcoming Super-4 stage match on Sunday in the ongoing Asia Cup.
According to a report from PTI, Andy Pycroft is going to be again the ‘match-referee’ for the forthcoming Super-4 stage match between India and Pakistan on Sunday.
The handshake controversy in the India-Pakistan group league match on 14th September rocked the cricket fraternity as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made repeated appeals to the ICC to dismiss Pycroft from match-referee’s chair in the tournament and also urged for an investigation against Pycroft’s alleged violation of the Code of Conduct.
The issue had started when the Indian team refused to shake hands with the Pakistani team after their clash on 14th September. Since then, a lot has been said. The PAK team threated to pull out from the UAE match if referee Andy Pycroft was not removed. Later, Pycroft was made to issue an apology.
On Thursday, it had emerged that ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta had fired an email to the PCB, over the Andy Pycroft meeting. The Pakistan team manager had recorded the meeting, and ICC had cited PMOA violations for the same.
