Asia cup: 6 email and closed room … Inside Story of that meeting, after which Pakistan is considered to play Asia Cup

Dubai: Will Pakistan be removed from the Asia Cup? Will Pakistan remain intact in the Asia Cup? In the UAE, the same speculation was more than cricket in the last few days. The round of speculations continued till a few hours before the match against UAE last night. Amidst heavy drama, the Pakistani team came to play the match and has now qualified for the Super-Fore by winning the match. But the question arises that why did the match start an hour late? Who was in that closed room meeting? What was the conversation there? Let us explain all the events in a sequential way.

In the Pakistan-UAE match, there were many drama, many emails, phone calls, conversations and allegations before the toss, because Mohsin Naqvi was adamant on removing the match referee Andy Pycroft due to a violation of the PCB code of conduct by Mohsin Naqvi.

The situation became worse when the team decided not to board the bus to go to the stadium at the scheduled time for the match against the UAE and the match started with an hour due to the talks between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), but when both the captains stood in the line for the toss, the match was present.

A day after the India-Pakistan match, in its first email to the ICC on 15 September, the PCB mentioned the ‘incident during the toss’, where the code of conduct was violated. He questioned the role of the match referee Picroft as both captains Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Aga did not join hands. The ICC immediately agreed to investigate the matter and after a thorough investigation, told the PCB in his reply that Picroft did not violate any code of conduct.

Apart from this, it was also reported that he was following the instructions received from ACC headed by Naqvi regarding not joining hands at the time of toss. The ICC further stated that Pycroft handled the situation well and ensured that there was no uncomfortable situation on live television. However, the PCB was not satisfied with this reply and he demanded the removal of Picroft. Together, he also threatened that if Pycroft is not removed from Pakistan’s match, he would leave the tournament.

The ICC retained its stand and reiterated that Picroft is not guilty of violation of any code of conduct and insisted that they cannot change the authorities as per the demand of any team as it would set a dangerous example.

When the PCB threat did not work, the ACC also intervened with the same request, but the ICC did not bother with its stance. Now the PCB did not move. On the 15th and 16th, there was a toss incident in his mail. But now on the 17th, new mail was said that the code of conduct was violated during the match against India and after the end of the match and again questioned the role of Picroft.

In the midst of this entire play, Pycroft made a suggestion and called a meeting with Pakistani captain Aga and manager Naveed Akram Cheema. Pakistani coach Mike Hessen was also present in the match referee’s room and it is being told that Picroft spoke to the Pakistani team about the possible misconception. The PCB claimed in its statement that Pycroft apologized while a reliable source says, ‘There was no question of apologizing. Especially with a person who did not make any mistake.