Pakistan face sanctions for refusing to give trophy to India, say reports

MUMBAI Asian Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board sources told Telecom Asia Sport that the issue is likely to figure prominently during the upcoming ICC Board meeting next week

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From objecting to the match referee Andy Pycroft over the no handshake controversy, threatening to withdraw from the tournament, and not handing the trophy to the winners, Pakistan faces a possible sanction at the international level for their shenanigans in the just-concluded Men's T2O Asia Cup, according to a news report.

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sources told Telecom Asia Sport that the issue is likely to figure prominently during the upcoming ICC Board meeting next week.

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will raise the issue in the ICC Board meeting next week after a series of controversies in which Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took a confrontational stance, from objecting to the match referee to taking the trophy without handing it to the winners," sources told www. telecomasia.net.

On Sunday, the Indian players refused to take the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who, besides being the president of the Asian Cricket Council and PCB, is also the interior minister of Pakistan and has a role to play in the military conflict with India following the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.