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Team India, directed by Suryakumar Yadav, will assume Pakistan from Salman Ali Agha in the Super 4 match of the Asia Cup 2025 in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 21. ICC party referee, Andy Pycroft, will officiate the game, despite the concerns of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The Group Stage of the Asia Cup 2025 concluded after the game between India and Oman, with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangla desh advancing to the Super 4 stage. The Asian Cricket Council will make the next round, where these teams will be played once and the first two will advance to the final.
Andy Pycroft designated as a match referee for India-Pakistan crash
Cricket journalist Kushan Sarkar shared that Andy Pycroft has been appointed party referee for the next Super 4 match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025; However, the official confirmation of the party between the archivals is still pending.
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“Tomorrow’s party referee for India vs Pakistan Super 4s Game: Andy Pycroft,” Sarkar wrote to X (formerly known as Twitter).
Tomorrow’s party referee for India vs Pakistan Super 4s Game: Andy Pycroft#Indvpak #Asiacup2025
– Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) September 20, 2025
Suryakumar Yadav Spara controversy with controversies without a man-man-Handshake in the group match
The Indian-Pakistan Group Phase match in the Asia Cup 2025 caused a major controversy when Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Captain Pakistani Salman Ali Agha before the game. Suryakumar and his teammates also did not shook hands with Pakistan players after the game.
Pakistan Cricket Board filed a formal complaint to the CPI, claiming that party referee Andy Pycroft had breached the spirit of the game. Above all, the PCB demanded its removal of the tournament and requested that it did not formalize the future Pakistan parties.
The CPI, however, dismissed the PCB’s claims, saying that Pycroft acted within the tournament guidelines. The referee had only transmitted a message from the ACC headquarters manager, and no compliance with the protocol had been made according to Cricket’s body.
Pakistan also threatened to boycott the tournament. However, they decided to play against the United Arab Emirates in the final group stage, arriving at the stadium an hour late due to a meeting between PCB President Mohsin Naqvi, Najam Sethi and Ramiz Raja.
PCB published the video of the Andy Pycroft Meeting Officials in the middle of the controversy of the hand
On Wednesday, Pakistan Cricket Board posted a silence video showing Pycroft in discussion with Captain Salman Ali Agha, coach Mike Hesson and director of the Naved Akram Cheema team.
The PCB stated that Pycroft apologized for the incident by hand; However, reports suggest that he only clarified the situation instead of issuing a real apology.
Pycroft expressed his regret for poor communication by the head of the Asian Cricket cricket precinct. The PCB also said that the ICC had agreed to investigate Pycroft for a possible breach of the code of conduct.
Above all, according to the ICC, disciplinary actions are proposed against the PCB for misconduct and violation of the regulations of the tournament, especially to register a restricted area meeting with Pycroft. No-Handshake’s policy is expected to continue in the next party in India-Pakistan.
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