Overview

• ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta emailed the PCB citing repeated Players and Match Officials Area violations, including filming in a restricted zone, with disciplinary action under consideration.
• Pakistan delayed its match against the UAE by about an hour after demanding match referee Andy Pycroft’s removal, then proceeded with Pycroft still in charge.
• The PCB posted a muted video from a PMOA meeting with Pycroft; the ICC says recording in that area breaches anti‑corruption protocols and disputes claims that Pycroft formally apologised.
• Fresh reporting says Pycroft was told only minutes before the toss that there would be no handshakes after the India game, with the ACC relaying a BCCI request cleared by the Indian government.
• The Super Four schedule remains intact with an India–Pakistan game on Sept 21 in Dubai, and Indian media report the no‑handshake stance is set to continue as the ACC curbs political questions at press conferences.