Overview

• Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi disclosed that Mohsin Naqvi had decided to withdraw Pakistan after the India–Pakistan handshake dispute.
• An emergency meeting involving Naqvi, Sethi and Ramiz Raja delayed Pakistan’s match against the UAE by about an hour before the team was cleared to play.
• Pakistan then beat the UAE and advanced to the Super Four, avoiding what Sethi said could have been irreparable damage.
• Sethi warned that a pullout risked ACC and ICC penalties, reluctance from foreign players to join the PSL, and roughly USD 15 million (about INR 132 crore) in lost broadcasting revenue.
• The ICC backed referee Andy Pycroft over the handshake fallout and flagged PCB’s filming of a private PMOA meeting as a protocol breach that remains under review with no announced sanctions.