The Pakistan Cricket Board not only lodged a formal protest with the International Cricket Council over the behavior of the Indian players, but also demanded action against the match referee, Andy Pecroft.
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India and Pakistan will meet again on Sunday in the Asia Cup cricket. That too amid the controversy of not shaking hands with each other in the previous match.
Meanwhile, the biggest rivalry in world cricket will return to the field. In the last match of the league stage, India easily won against Pakistan by 7 wickets and since then the players have not shaken hands with their Pakistani counterparts. Because of this, Pakistan is very angry.
The match was held for the first time since the four-day conflict between the two neighboring countries in May. More than 70 people lost their lives in the conflict. The Pakistan Cricket Board had not only lodged a formal protest with the International Cricket Council regarding the behavior of the Indian players, but also demanded action against the match referee Andy Pecroft.
Pakistan's allegation is that Paycroft asked his captain Salman Agha not to shake hands with Suryakumar Yadav during the toss. The Pakistan board also asked for the removal of the referee from those matches. It also threatened to withdraw the name from the competition that included a total of 8 teams. The last match of the league stage involving Pakistan started an hour late.
was claimed by the Pakistan board, the match referee Paycroft has apologized. In that match, Pakistan also defeated UAE as expected and qualified for the last four. That is why India and Pakistan are facing each other again. In this match too, the Indian team has a policy, not to shake hands with Pakistani players.
Indian captain Yadav is trying to calm these disputes as much as possible. After Friday's victory over Oman, he said, 'Whenever we take to the field, they are empty batsmen. I have adopted a similar policy in the match against Pakistan. Pakistani captain Agha also wants to focus on the game and says, "If we play the best cricket, we will be good against any opponent."
Political tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors have escalated. Meanwhile, India and Pakistan are playing against each other only on neutral ground. That too in a competition where more than two teams participate. Since 1999, India and Pakistan have been in a state of war, so the tension before the current Asia Cup was extremely high.
is the announcement of a ceasefire between two countries, before one attacked the other with missiles, drones and other weapons. After the terrorist attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir in April, New Delhi blamed it all on Pakistan. Islamabad has consistently denied this allegation. It was said that there is a possibility that India will boycott the first match of the Asia Cup.
However, India remained ready to play. Now what is the possibility, if both teams are successful in entering the final, a third match between these countries in the same tournament will also be possible. The final will be held in Dubai on September 28. India is also the winner of the last Asia Cup, when the tournament was held in ODI format. India and Pakistan reached the last four from Group A.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have reached the last four from Group B. The hitherto undefeated Sri Lanka will prove to be a formidable opponent. Bangladesh, under the leadership of captain Lytton Das, cannot be underestimated. In this way, the final four matches will be more competitive than the league stage. This tournament will be held in February-March as a preparation for the Twenty-20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
